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Minutes of Proceedings

44th Parliament, 1st Session
Meeting 9
Monday, February 28, 2022, 11:01 a.m. to 12:11 p.m.
Webcast
Presiding
Pat Kelly, Chair (Conservative)

• James Bezan for John Brassard (Conservative)
• Ryan Williams for Lianne Rood (Conservative)
Library of Parliament
• Alexandra Savoie, Analyst
As an individual
• Mr. Jean-Pierre Charbonneau, Former Quebec Parliamentarian and Professional Speaker on Ethics
• Michael Geist, Professor of Law, Canada Research Chair in Internet and e-Commerce Law
Pursuant to Standing Order 108(3)(h) and the motion adopted by the committee on Thursday, January 13, 2022, the committee resumed its study of the collection and use of mobility data by the Government of Canada.

Michael Geist and Jean-Pierre Charbonneau made statements and answered questions.

Motion

René Villemure moved, — That the committee request BlueDot Inc. to file the names of its data providers by Monday, March 7, 2022, and that the analysts attach this information to the report of this study.

Debate arose thereon.

Motion

Iqra Khalid moved, — That the debate be now adjourned.

The question was put on the motion and the result of the vote was announced:

YEAS: Parm Bains, Greg Fergus, Lisa Hepfner, Iqra Khalid, Ya'ara Saks — 5;

NAYS: James Bezan, Matthew Green, Damien C. Kurek, René Villemure, Ryan Williams — 5.

Whereupon, the Chair voted in the affirmative.

Accordingly, the motion was agreed to.

Questioning of the witnesses resumed.

James Bezan gave notice of the following motion:

That the committee immediately undertake a study of at least four meetings on the leak and misuse of personal data from crowd fundraising websites, and how the Canadian government can work to reduce these risks in the future; and that the first witness invited before the committee be the Privacy Commissioner of Canada

Questioning of the witnesses resumed.

At 12:11 p.m., the committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.



Nancy Vohl
Clerk of the Committee