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Minutes of Proceedings

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

42nd Parliament, 1st Session

Meeting 154

Tuesday, May 28, 2019, 3:30 p.m. to 5:37 p.m.

Room 225-A, West Block

Televised

Presiding

Bob Zimmer, Chair (Conservative)

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Members of the Committee present

Liberal

Conservative

NDP

Charlie Angus

Acting Members present

• David de Burgh Graham for Mona Fortier (Liberal)

Delegation

United Kingdom House of Commons

• Damian Collins, MP, Chair, Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee

• Ian C. Lucas, MP, Member, Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee

• Jo Stevens, MP, Member, Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee

Parliament of Singapore

• Edwin Tong, MP, Senior Minister of State, Ministry of Law and Ministry of Health

• Sun Xueling, MP, Senior Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs and Ministry of National Development

Houses of the Oireachtas

• Hildegarde Naughton, M.P., Chair, Joint Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment

• James Lawless, M.P., Member, Joint Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment

Parliament of the Federal Republic of Germany

• Jens Zimmermann, MP, Social Democratic Party

Parliament of the Republic of Estonia (Riigikogu)

• Keit Pentus-Rosimannus, MP, Vice-Chairwoman, Reform Party

Senate of the United Mexican States

• Hon. Antares Guadalupe Vázquez Alatorre, Senator

National Assembly of the Republic of Ecuador

• Elizabeth Cabezas, Member of Parliament

House of Assembly of Saint Lucia

• Andy Daniel, M.P., Speaker

Legislative Assembly of the Republic of Costa Rica

• Carolina Hidalgo Herrera, Member of Parliament

International Grand Committee on Big Data, Privacy and Democracy

Witnesses

Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada

• Daniel Therrien, Privacy Commissioner of Canada

United States Federal Election Commission

• Ellen Weintraub, Chair

As an individual

• Joseph A. Cannataci, Special Rapporteur on the Right to Privacy, United Nations

Pursuant to Standing Order 108(3)(h)(vii) and the motion adopted by the Committee on Tuesday, January 29, 2019, the Committee resumed its study of the International Grand Committee on big data, privacy and democracy.

Daniel Therrien, Ellen Weintraub, and Joseph A. Cannataci, by videoconference from Msida, Malta, made statements and answered questions.

At 5:37 p.m., the Committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.

Michael MacPherson

Clerk of the Committee