Substitute
Member
Conservative Party of Canada
Canada-Europe Parliamentary Association
CA - K1A 0A6 - Ottawa
Canada
Working language: French
09/04/2025 | 18:26:32 Thank you, dear colleagues. The Council of Europe and this Parliamentary Assembly have shown extraordinary leadership in holding Russia to account for its crime of aggression in Ukraine. Indeed, the Register of Damage for Ukraine is a case in point, obviously serving to register claims and preserve evidence. In addition, the Core Group, of which Canada is a member, has now finalised the work required to create a special tribunal for the crime of aggression against Ukraine within the framework... 08/04/2025 | 10:50:58 Thank you for your attention. Dear colleagues, I'm delighted to be able to bring a Canadian perspective to today's discussion. I agree with the rapporteur that "the challenge of foreign interference continues to evolve, requiring constant vigilance, innovation, coordination and cooperation at the national and international levels." Canada is no exception in this respect. In recent years, in Canada we have conducted several investigations into reports of foreign interference in our electoral... 31/01/2020 | 10:58:12 Thank you, President. Fellow parliamentarians, I wish today to support the report of the Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy. This report deals with the considerable challenges surrounding the fundamental rights of our populations: freedom of expression, right to information, freedom of the press, respect for privacy. With the role of social media and the power of the Google, Apple, Facebook and Twitter of this world, these rights are threatened in more than one respect. Artificial... 28/01/2020 | 17:56:38 Thank you, Madam President. Fellow parliamentarians, I am pleased to say a few words today about freedom of the press. Here, as elsewhere in the world, the work of journalists is essential for a strong and healthy democracy. Drifting occurs continuously. Unfortunately, sometimes the press is muzzled or even manipulated and misused. Worse still, journalists are intimidated, harassed or even murdered. Journalists and the media are one of the bulwarks of modern democracies; they are an essential...