Maxime Boucher and Muhammad Ali made statements.

Michael Cooper moved, — That,

given that the Privacy Commissioner of Canada is a trusted and respected defender of the privacy rights of Canadians;

and given that Liberal members of the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security denied the Commissioner an opportunity to protect those rights by appearing as a witness during clause-by-clause consideration of the Prime Minister’s overreaching surveillance law, Bill C-22;

the committee report to the House its concern that the Liberal government has silenced and sidelined the Privacy Commissioner during this critical stage of consideration of the Prime Minister’s overreaching surveillance law, Bill C-22.

Debate arose thereon.

Bardish Chagger moved, — That the debate be now adjourned.

The question was put on the motion and it was agreed to on the following recorded division:

YEAS: Fares Al Soud, Xavier Barsalou-Duval, Bardish Chagger, Wade Chang, Terry Duguid, Linda Lapointe — 6;

NAYS: Michael Cooper, Gabriel Hardy, Andrew Lawton — 3.

Maxime Boucher and Muhammad Ali answered questions.

Xavier Barsalou-Duval gave notice of the following motion:

Whereas, in the context of the study on the “Drivers Inc.” model conducted by the Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities (TRAN), the Canada Truck Operators Association (CTOA) is the only organization to have expressed explicit support for this model;

Whereas the CTOA is the only organization to have refused to provide its membership list to the TRAN committee as part of the study;

Whereas numerous Liberal elected officials and ministers have repeatedly appeared with members of the CTOA at public events or lobbying activities, including the organization’s founding gala in 2023;

Whereas a Liberal minister prohibited the use of the term “Driver Inc.” at the request of the CTOA;

Whereas the Chair of the TRAN committee attended a CTOA event where he was featured as one of the two headliners;

Whereas Tejpreet Dulat, the CTOA’s spokesperson, has been involved with the Liberal Party of Canada since 2015 and played a direct role in electing Mark Carney as Member of Parliament for Nepean and as Prime Minister;

And whereas about 10 active members of the CTOA have contributed to the LPC’s election fund by providing over $100,000 to the party since 2015;

That the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics undertake a study on the links between the LPC and the CTOA.

Questioning of the witnesses resumed.

At 5:22 p.m., the meeting was suspended.

At 5:25 p.m., the meeting resumed.

W. Scott Thurlow and Duff Conacher made statements and answered questions.