Bill C-34

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… a competition law that is vastly outdated. Therefore, New Democrats will be bringing amendments to Bill C-34 at committee that actually address some of these issues, and we are hoping that we will see support for that from other parties. The committee, I will note, is well led by a bipartisan effort and we …

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Mr. Speaker, when I look at Bill C-34, I see legislation that is in Canada's best interest. I think of our economy generally and Canada's dependency on international trade. There is a lot of investment coming into and going out of the co…

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…iamentary interns, who are distinct assets who add value to our Parliament. Today we have before us Bill C-34, a government bill that seeks to amend the Investment Canada Act. This is the first major amendment to the Investment Canada Act since 2009, when the government introduced a national security review …

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… to read it. I support all of the recommendations in that report. I think we can work together when Bill C-34 comes to the industry committee, to work on that transparency. Reasons why an acquisition is reviewed and reasons for accepting or rejecting it by the cabinet, the Governor in Council and the ministe…

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… is done alongside the member in the fisheries committee. We know that one of the big components of Bill C-34 is to promote economic security and combat foreign interference by modernizing the Investment Canada Act to strengthen the national security review process and to better mitigate economic security th…

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Madam Speaker, I think I made it fairly clear that we will be voting for Bill C-34 at second reading. We want to see a number of improvements in the bill. We are disappointed it has taken eight years to get this bill to Parliament and that a lot of the decisions the government made…

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…anged management in Sinclair and Norsat. None of those things are really looked at very strongly in Bill C-34 and need a little more consideration. One of the interesting things brought up by the industry committee at the time of that report, and I think my friend from the NDP was on the committee, was the i…

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…e Canada live in Times Square to celebrate the talent and expertise of our people. It is a lot like Bill C-34, which would protect the IP, the intellectual assets and the know-how we have in this country. I think all members should be really proud. If they are looking for something to do today, they can give…

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…t in our market this is the best way to make sure we bring prices down for Canadians. Going back to Bill C-34, I hope the member supports it, because what the bill is asking for is to get to the modern economy. A colleague like him who understands so much about innovation will understand that a lot of it is …

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…s the country. I hope we can work together on this issue. Tomorrow, we will begin second reading of Bill C-34. This is the national security review of investments modernization act. We will continue with the debate on this bill Monday and Wednesday of next week. I would also like to inform the House that Tue…