Discussion · Private Members' Business
Branden Leslie Conservative
“I support this bill. Our wireless rules are outdated, and people in rural areas still cannot even make phone calls in the middle of town.”
“Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank my hon. colleague for bringing forward this bill. Hearing her speech, I imagine our ridings share some similarities insofar as the rural nature of them. I think this bill would make a difference, and that is why Conservatives supported it at second reading. I intend to also support it today. In fact, I brought up this bill while standing in a community with residents who were asking me why they could not make a phone call right where we were standing in the middle of town. I think this is a step. Again, I was reviewing the budget from yesterday, and I see references to things like increasing spectrum availability and having it at an auction. Now, that sort of promise is positive, although it has no associated timeline with it, which is, of course, worrisome. Going back to when we started developing this spectrum policy, it was the very earliest days of iPhones. Things have changed so immensely in technology and the way we live our lives. Let me outline some differences. I might be driving home today here in Ottawa, and my phone call might drop. It will be annoying for a brief second, but I will hit redial, my call will be answered, and I will pick up where I left off in my conversation, versus when I am driving down—”
Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank my hon. colleague for bringing forward this bill. Hearing her speech, I imagine our ridings share some similarities insofar as the rural nature of them. I think this bill would make a difference, and that is why Conservatives supported it at second reading. I intend to also support it today. In fact, I brought up this bill while standing in a community with residents who were asking me why they could not make a phone call right where we were standing in the middle of town. I think this is a step. Again, I was reviewing the budget from yesterday, and I see references to things like increasing spectrum availability and having it at an auction. Now, that sort of promise is positive, although it has no associated timeline with it, which is, of course, worrisome. Going back to when we started developing this spectrum policy, it was the very earliest days of iPhones. Things have changed so immensely in technology and the way we live our lives. Let me outline some differences. I might be driving home today here in Ottawa, and my phone call might drop. It will be annoying for a brief second, but I will hit redial, my call will be answered, and I will pick up where I left off in my conversation, versus when I am driving down—