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House Hansard - 174

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
March 28, 2023 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 174 - Mar/28/23
Ms. Lori Idlout (Nunavut, NDP)
  • Mar/28/23 1:39:12 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-27 
Uqaqtittiji, privacy rights are fundamental. Small businesses are important. I wonder if the member agrees that it is important to empower the Privacy Commissioner to enforce the protection of both those groups of people.
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Context: House Hansard - 174 - Mar/28/23
Mr. Charlie Angus (Timmins—James Bay, NDP)
  • Mar/28/23 1:55:12 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-27 
Mr. Speaker, I have great respect for my colleague and great interest in the issue of making privacy a fundamental human right. One of the shocking things we found with the last bill was from the Privacy Commissioner. He ruled that the company Clearview AI had broken Canadian law by allowing all manner of photographs of Canadian families, individuals and children to be sold on a market with facial recognition technology. He called that out as illegal but told us that under the new law, it would be almost impossible for him to go after Clearview AI because his rulings could be overturned by a board the Liberals will appoint above him. We trust our Privacy Commissioner and we need to protect privacy. I want to ask my hon. colleague why he thinks the Liberals are undermining privacy at this time.
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