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{
"time": "2026-04-16 12:55:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Harb Gill (Windsor West, CPC)",
"fr": "Harb Gill (Windsor-Ouest, PCC)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"9261663\" data-originallang=\"en\"> Mr. Speaker, I would like to start by wishing a couple of my friends a happy birthday: Sowmya Subramaniam and Nainesh Modi. Their birthdays are coming up in the next couple of weeks. They are fantastic friends and great people.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9261664\" data-originallang=\"en\">We all believe in strong and free elections, but we would be naive to ignore the hard truth that many Canadians today carry a healthy skepticism about institutions with respect to accountability and transparency, especially when it comes to elections. We see that skepticism being exploited every day through misinformation and disinformation on social media. We also know from watching other democracies that trust is not lost overnight. It is eroded gradually when safeguards are weakened and clarity is replaced with ambiguity.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9261665\" data-originallang=\"en\">In an environment where misinformation spreads rapidly, what concrete measures in the bill would ensure transparency so Canadians can clearly see how elections are administered and protected, and that there are consequences for this not being done? </p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"9261663\" data-originallang=\"en\"> Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, je voudrais commencer par souhaiter un joyeux anniversaire \u00e0 deux de mes amis: Sowmya Subramaniam et Nainesh Modi. Leur anniversaire aura lieu d'ici quelques semaines. Ce sont des amis formidables et des personnes exceptionnelles.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9261664\" data-originallang=\"en\">Nous avons tous \u00e0 c\u0153ur de prot\u00e9ger nos \u00e9lections et nos droits, mais il serait na\u00eff de fermer les yeux sur une dure r\u00e9alit\u00e9, \u00e0 savoir que de nombreux Canadiens nourrissent aujourd'hui un scepticisme sain \u00e0 l'\u00e9gard de la reddition de comptes et de la transparence des institutions, en particulier lorsqu'il s'agit d'\u00e9lections. Chaque jour, ce scepticisme est exploit\u00e9 au moyen de la diffusion dans les m\u00e9dias sociaux de d\u00e9sinformation et de renseignements erron\u00e9s. L'observation d'autres d\u00e9mocraties nous a \u00e9galement appris que la confiance ne se perd pas du jour au lendemain. Elle s'\u00e9rode progressivement lorsque les mesures de protection sont affaiblies et que la clart\u00e9 c\u00e8de la place \u00e0 l'ambigu\u00eft\u00e9.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9261665\" data-originallang=\"en\">Dans un contexte o\u00f9 la d\u00e9sinformation se propage rapidement, quelles mesures le projet de loi pr\u00e9voit-il concr\u00e8tement pour garantir la transparence afin que les Canadiens n'aient pas l'ombre d'un doute sur l'organisation et la protection des \u00e9lections ainsi que pour imposer des cons\u00e9quences en cas de manquements \u00e0 cet \u00e9gard?</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2026/4/16/harb-gill-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/harb-gill/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4790/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "13445889",
"h1": {
"en": "Government Orders",
"fr": "Ordres \u00e9manant du gouvernement"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Strong and Free Elections Act",
"fr": "Loi visant \u00e0 prot\u00e9ger nos \u00e9lections et nos droits"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2026/4/16/",
"related": {
"document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2026%2F4%2F16%2F"
}
}