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Minutes of Proceedings

Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics (ETHI)

42nd Parliament, 1st Session

Meeting 124

Thursday, November 1, 2018, 11:31 a.m. to 1:03 p.m.

Room 415, Wellington Building, 197 Sparks Street

Televised

Presiding

Bob Zimmer, Chair (Conservative)

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Members of the Committee present

Liberal

Conservative

Acting Members present

• Don Davies for Charlie Angus (NDP)

• Mark Warawa for Jacques Gourde (Conservative)

In attendance

Library of Parliament

• Alexandra Savoie, Analyst

• Maxime-Olivier Thibodeau, Analyst

Breach of Personal Information Involving Cambridge Analytica and Facebook

Witnesses

Elections Canada

• Stéphane Perrault, Chief Electoral Officer

• Anne Lawson, Deputy Chief Electoral Officer, Regulatory Affairs

Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission

• Scott Hutton, Executive Director, Broadcasting

• Rachelle Frenette, Legal Counsel

• Neil Barratt, Director, Electronic Commerce Enforcement

Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada

• Daniel Therrien, Privacy Commissioner of Canada

• Brent Homan, Deputy Commissioner, Compliance Sector

• Gregory Smolynec, Deputy Commissioner, Policy and Promotion Sector

• Julia Barss, General Counsel and Head of Legal Services, Legal Services Directorate

Pursuant to Standing Order 108(3)(h)(vii) and the motion adopted by the Committee on Thursday, March 22, 2018, the Committee resumed its study of breach of personal information involving Cambridge Analytica and Facebook.

Stéphane Perrault and Scott Hutton made statements and, with Anne Lawson, Rachelle Frenette and Neil Barratt, answered questions.

At 12:16 p.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 12:18 p.m., the sitting resumed.

Daniel Therrien made a statement and, with Brent Homan, Gregory Smolynec and Julia Barss, answered questions.

At 1:03 p.m., the Committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.

Michael MacPherson

Clerk of the Committee