Nathaniel Erskine-Smith at the Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics Committee

On May 28th, 2019. See this statement in context.

May 28th, 2019 / 11:15 a.m.

Liberal

Nathaniel Erskine-Smith Liberal Beaches—East York, ON

With regard to engaging on those questions, GDPR has been adopted by the EU. We've recommended, at this committee, that Canada go further initially.

Facebook made $22 billion last year. Alphabet made $30 billion last year. Previously, you've used millions of those dollars to lobby against GDPR. Now you agree that's a standard that ought to be in place or that similar standards ought to be in place.

I'd like a simple yes-or-no answer, Mr. Chan and Mr. Slater.

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