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Context: House Hansard - 174 - Mar/28/23

Mar/28/23 1:22:40 p.m.
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Re: Bill C-27

Mr. Speaker, I appreciate that question from my hon. colleague. When he stands up, I never know what angle he is going to go with. It is nice to have a reasonable question from my friend across the way. I look at some of the recent examples of privacy and mobility data being used without consent. The member is right. Canadians have to be confident about the information they are using in apps, and they have to have businesses they can trust. The Tim Hortons app was tracking movements after orders, which caused concern for Canadians. Telus' data for good program was giving location data to PHAC. That was a significant faux pas. One that really stood out was the public doxing of those who donated to the “freedom convoy” through GiveSendGo. Anytime one is revealing their personal information online, there has to be some confidence behind it. Businesses rely on it. Those who use those businesses as consumers need to have confidence that the information is not going to be abused and shared inappropriately.

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Context: House Hansard - 174 - Mar/28/23

Mr. Sébastien Lemire (Abitibi—Témiscamingue, BQ)

Mar/28/23 1:37:14 p.m.
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Re: Bill C-27

Mr. Speaker, I am known for my perspicacity, so I decided to ask ChatGPT another question. I asked it to come up with a question for my Conservative colleague from Haldimand—Norfolk about the importance of enhancing data and privacy protection in Bill C-27. That was what her speech was about. ChatGPT replied: “Sure, here is a question for the Conservative member. The question is as follows: As a Conservative member, how does she think that Bill C‑27, which aims to modernize the Privacy Act”—already this is a step up from the other question—“will offer better protection for Canadians' data and privacy? Also, what are the key points she would like to see in the bill to ensure the adequate protection of personal information?” I am very impressed by artificial intelligence because it touches on the role of the official opposition, which is not just to complain, but also to make suggestions. I would be very curious to hear my colleague's thoughts on the subject, because I did not hear many constructive remarks in her speech.

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Mr. Sébastien Lemire (Abitibi—Témiscamingue, BQ)

Mar/28/23 1:53:13 p.m.
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Re: Bill C-27

Mr. Speaker, I switched from ChatGPT to Bing, since I also wanted to test that platform. I asked Bing, in connection to what my colleague from Abbotsford was saying, what the consequences of not legislating on the content of Bill C-27 would be. It gave me an interesting answer, namely that, essentially, it could have an impact on the protection of data provided by companies. Not legislating and not acting right now will therefore lead to more data losses unless we establish a framework, which is one of the aims of Bill C‑27. By playing all these games in the House to waste time and stop us from passing Bill C‑27, are the Conservatives not putting Quebeckers' and Canadians' personal information at risk?

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Context: House Hansard - 174 - Mar/28/23

Mr. Ted Falk

Mar/28/23 3:37:16 p.m.
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Re: Bill C-27

Madam Speaker, if we read the bill, especially in section 18, where the government has carved out a little space for business, it would appear as though business interests trump those of the private individual. I believe that mistake has been made too often, where we have given personal data to businesses too flippantly. Personal private data, first and foremost, belongs to, and should be protected by, the individual.

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Context: House Hansard - 174 - Mar/28/23

Mr. Charlie Angus (Timmins—James Bay, NDP)

Mar/28/23 3:51:51 p.m.
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Re: Bill C-27

Madam Speaker, I had the great honour of working across party lines in 2018 on issues of privacy. The idea that citizens somehow opt in through terms and conditions has to be debunked. I never gave Gmail the right to read my mail. I never gave Google the right to listen in on my phone. The terms and conditions are a fundamental problem. The question is whether we limit the power of surveillance capitalism to gather data. What data should they be allowed to gather and what should they not be? It really has to come down to dealing with very, very superpowerful corporations. It is not like my data is in the cloud in this little box. Their ability to take everything we do and track us needs to be limited. To my colleague: Would the Conservatives support putting limits on the amount of data that is collected by the tech giants?

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