Rhéal Éloi Fortin

Ensure that digital gaming platforms are regulated as online services under Bill C-34. Application of the Museums Act regarding ministerial oversight of federally funded national museums. Conduct a national review of organizations, networks, and entities that promote, finance, facilitate, or legitimize extremist ideologies Withhold Federal funding from universities and publicly funded institutions which neither protect Jewish students nor enforce policies against harassment, intimidation, discrimination, and hate. Strengthen immigration screening and enforcement to ensure newcomers embrace the democratic values, pluralism, equality, and rule of law that define Canada. Use every available legal mechanism to investigate, prosecute, remove, or deport non-citizens who support terrorism, engage in hate-motivated criminality, incite violence, or threaten public safety. The creation of legislation that will impose a duty to report on AI generators to report when certain user and AI behavior thresholds are crossed. The creation of legislation that will require AI generators to identify AI generative content with watermarks to easily identify human-generated content from synthetic content generated by AI. That the Government of Canada develop and fund a coordinated national youth digital literacy program focused on online harms That the Government of Canada provide permanent and ongoing funding to the Canada Centre for Community Engagement and the Prevention of Violence within Public Safety Canada. Concerns regarding alleged misuse of the CRA charitable complaints process targeting Jewish educational institutions and camps, and application of neutral and consistent enforcement of charitable compliance laws. Assessment of foreign nationals scheduled to speak in Canada and application of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act regarding admissibility and public safety. The Prime Minister must address the nation immediately, acknowledge the crisis of antisemitism, and outline concrete actions to ensure the safety of Jewish Canadians, defend Canadian values, and confront rising extremism threatening the country’s social fabric. Deploy national security resources to protect Jewish institutions. Treat attacks on Jewish institutions as acts of domestic terrorism. That the Government of Canada formally recognize the national crisis of antisemitism by establishing a national antisemitism emergency task force. That the new Advisory Council on Rights, Equality and Inclusion recognize that Jewish Canadians remain the most frequently targeted group for hate crimes in Canada and ensure this reality informs both its composition and priorities, that individuals tasked with addressing antisemitism reflect the broadly accepted understanding of antisemitism within the Jewish community in Canada, and that support for the IHRA Working Definition of Antisemitism serve as a foundational element guiding the Council’s work. Establish a Royal Commission on Antisemitism in Canada That Canada takes tangible steps to actuate on the commitments made with regards to social media and online harms in the 2025 G7 Interior and Security Ministers Communiqué. Recommendations for the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights on Bill C-9, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (hate propaganda, hate crime and access to religious or cultural places): 1. The Committee should support Section 3 and Subsection 4(2), while maintaining the requirement for Attorney General consent for private prosecutions under the Hate Propaganda provisions; 2. The Committee should reject the proposed Subsection 319(2.2) as drafted, limit it to hate symbols, remove the term “Nazi Swastika,” use the term Hakenkreuz (Hooked Cross), include the Sieg Heil salute, and create a new subsection under Section 83.18 prohibiting the public display of symbols used by listed terrorist entities; 3. The Committee should require that any codified definition of “Hatred” conforms with the Supreme Court of Canada

Discussions relating to the legislative, regulatory, and policy developments related to digital currencies and cryptoassets Providing input on the prudential regulation of the banking sector Providing input on amendments to the Bank Act Providing input on federal budget measures that may impact the banking sector Discussions on supporting women’s advancement, career opportunities, and equitable outcomes in the financial services sector Discussing the Accessible Canada Act with the purpose of identifying, removing and preventing barriers for people with disabilities Discussions on strategies to mitigate tariff risks and navigate the review of the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement Providing input on effective Artificial Intelligence regulation to balance risks and foster innovation Providing input on the regulatory framework to facilitate the process to become a federal credit union and support their operations Discussing plans on the Data Collection Modernization initiative Providing views on the Macroeconomic Stress Test (MST) 2.0 review Discussing Bill C-27 – Digital Charter Implementation Act, 2022, relating to the privacy and artificial intelligence provisions Discussions relating to the efficiency and effectiveness of the financial sector regulatory system Discussions on consumer issues relating to potential postal strike ensuring an appropriate scope of guidance Providing inputs on criminal interest rate as it relates to the calculation of the rate and exclusions Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions guidelines with respect to capital adequacy requirements, prudential limits and restrictions, accounting and disclosure, and sound business and financial practices Providing inputs on OSFI regulations and draft guidelines including in connection with culture, integrity and security, third-party risk, and operational risk Providing input on the development of the Consumer-Driven Banking Framework Providing inputs on Basel III Implementation with respect to capital floor phase-in and risk weights Providing inputs on Competition Act amendments Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA): seeking workable, practical approaches in the reform of PIPEDA Excise Tax Act with respect to Goods and Services Tax (GST) and Harmonized Sales Tax (HST) Support the development of an innovative, efficient, and secure payments ecosystem in Canada that benefits consumers Support the goals outlined in the National Cyber Security Strategy and collaborate with government, including the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security, to strengthen Canada’s cyber resiliency The Access to Basic Banking Services: seeking to clarify appropriate identification for opening accounts and to make account opening procedures more workable U.S. Mexico Canada Agreement (USMCA), trade agreements with other jurisdictions, World Trade Organization rules regarding cross-border trade in financial services Support the Government initiative of modernizing the Employment Equity Act and provide input to further strengthen the Act. Discussion relating to agricultural financing, including the efficient administration of the Advance Payments Program and the Canada Loan Administration Act Discussions relating to the development of Financial Consumer Protection Framework and voluntary commitments to promote protection for consumers Capital markets statutory, regulatory and self-regulatory organization regime applicable to banks as corporate issuers and their provincially regulated subsidiaries that are capital markets participants Discussion relating to housing finance framework, including reforms to expand housing supply, mortgage underwriting regulations and covered bonds Providing inputs on climate standards and disclosures Corporate governance statutory and regulatory regime for banks Canada Labour Code with respect to (i) impact on bank management of human resources, (ii) review of Part III of the Canada Labour Code, (iii) flexible work

Bill C-12- Parts- 5-8 related to sweeping new powers and ineligibilities for Canada's refugee and immigration system Bill C-2, concerns with proposed changes to the Immigration and refugee protection Act, and to new authorities for data sharing, lack of consultation Refugee Claimant System Legislation as it relates to new reforms being proposed by the Government post Bill C-69 Temporary Foreign Worker Program- with respect to the need to end closed work permits and create open work permts Temporary Foreign Worker PRogram- Need for pathways to Permanent status for migrant workers Safe Third Country Agreement with the US, with respect to its current application ensuring the availability of the safety valves the Supreme Court referred to (this could be a regulation and is also shaped by policy( Safe Third Country Agreement - Seeking its termination Regularization of non status people- Need for a broad and comprehensive program with simple application process Refugee Resettlement- Timely and Equitable processing and effective support services Refugee Claimants- Need for a National Plan to address claimant needs and rights Immigration response to global crises- Need for an equitable policy framework to guide these responses. Immigration Refugee Board- policies and processes affecting refugee rights Immigration Levels - Increasing the levels for Resettled refugees and Protected Persons Federal Budget - Funding for refugee support Services, resettlement, eligibility and determination processes. Family Reunification- Timely and Equitable processing for protected persons and refugees CBSA- The need to seek alternatives to Detention and work with community based organizations to find them CBSA Removals - Seeking a moratorium on removals ahead of the regularization program CBSA Removals- ensuring that changes to the fee structure does not harm rights of vulnerable migrants CBSA- Guidelines on Gender based violence and gender considerations Canadian Border Service Agency- Processing of refugee Claimants at the Border Bill C-20 concerning oversight of CBSA and the need to ensure third party access for raising a complaint as well as need for recourse and redress in relation to removals where a complaint has been made Anti Trafficking- Use of Temporary Resident Permits to support rights of trafficked migrants

Advocate for implementation of excess profit tax. Advocate for amendments and share recommendations on Force of Nature strategy to ensure protection of biodiversity, nature, public access for long term solutions. Advocating for transparency and accountability from Domtar Advocating for amendments to be made to Bill C-12 Advocating against AI data centre water consumption Advocating for a Canada-Israel arms embargo Advocate for increased environmental assessments and protections, and Indigenous rights in Bill C5 Building Canada Act Advocating for amendments to the Nature Accountability Legislation to ensure protection of biodiversity and nature for long term solutions. Advocating for a nationwide ban on a comprehensive list of single use plastics as part of the Canada Wide Strategy on Zero Plastic Waste. Advocate for the cessation of investment in plastic production and related waste management technologies. Advocate for renewable energy, conservation and energy efficiency programs in Canada’s energy policy. Advocate for policies to encourage Canadian financial institutions, including banks, to divest from fossil fuel Advocate for listing plastic under schedule 1 of Canadian Environmental Protection Act. Advocate for investment in circular and zero waste economic business models. Advocate for Canada to ratify the Basel Convention Ban Amendment and to cease exporting plastic waste and recycling to the global south. Advocate for Canada to move forward with a comprehensive plan to meet or exceed the Paris Accord Climate targets. Advocate for a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions in the agriculture sector. Advocate for an end to the expansion of Canada's fossil fuel infrastructure. Advocate for a moratorium on deep sea mining. Advocate for 30% of the world's oceans to be protected by 2030 Advocate for 30% of the world's land area to be protected by 2030 Advocate against the use of glyphosate in food.