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House Hansard - 71

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
May 13, 2022 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 71 - May/13/22
Mr. Robert Kitchen (Souris—Moose Mountain, CPC)
  • May/13/22 11:43:56 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, Canadian travellers returning to Canada are still required to use the ArriveCAN app and disclose their personal data to the government, whether they like it or not. The app asks where someone has been, where they are going and whether they have any health-related symptoms, answers that could easily be stated to an agent at customs. We know the government has been using COVID as an excuse to track Canadian data, and the minister repeatedly claims that the app protects Canadians. My question is, how?
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Context: House Hansard - 71 - May/13/22
Ms. Pam Damoff (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Public Safety, Lib.)
  • May/13/22 11:44:29 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, we have gone to a question that included misinformation, and I really am concerned about that. ArriveCAN is an essential and intuitive tool to protect Canadians. We have streamlined the reopening process. As the hon. member knows, travel is up. It takes only a few minutes for vaccinated travellers to complete this. To conflate it with privacy issues is really troubling.
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