“Mr. Speaker, my hon. colleague outlined the concerns of his constituents. I imagine that most of them would be happy about the idea of having legislation that would protect their children online. I think the vast majority of Canadians, of course, want that. The question with the legislation, however, is, who would kids be protected from? Which platforms would be scoped in? Would Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and Snapchat be scoped in? The legislation does not actually state that. It says that is yet to be determined in the regulations that we can expect at some date in the future. These types of decisions would be made behind closed doors rather than by elected officials in the House. I am curious if the member could indicate how that would be determined. Which services would be scoped in, and which services would be allowed to continue to allow predatory practices with regard to our young people? Clearly, not all would be held accountable.”
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Mr. Speaker, Thanks · 16 wordsI thank the hon. member for her very thoughtful comment and feedback on this important issue.ThanksReasoning · 18 wordsI will start by saying that naming specific platforms may be problematic because legislation needs to be agnostic.Positioning · 17 wordsWhat we really need to focus on is the technology and the algorithms that continue to evolve.PositioningClaims · 14 wordsSome companies, such as Facebook and Instagram, that exist today may not exist tomorrow.Promise · 17 wordsWe need to write a piece of legislation that passes the test of time, Off pointso to speak, Reasoning · 47 wordsso I think our focus really should be on the harms and how to reduce their impact.Partly on pointVague promiseThat is why the regulator would be really important, because it could do the analysis to ensure that the regulations would address the harms we are trying to address here.
