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

On May 29th, 2019. See this statement in context.

May 29th, 2019 / 10:50 a.m.

Liberal

Nathaniel Erskine-Smith Liberal Beaches—East York, ON

I'm interested in seeing what the associate general counsel says tomorrow at the competition commissioner's data forum.

I'm moving forward with a secondary question on competition law.

In the 1990s, Explorer was free, and yet Microsoft was prevented from monopolizing the browser space. It wasn't protecting consumers on price; it was actually protecting innovation.

I'm going to pick on Amazon a bit. You said before that what I input into Alexa becomes part of my user profile. I assume that also means that what I watch on Prime, purchase from any number of sellers and search for on Amazon or beyond on the Internet all combine into a single profile, presumably to direct targeted ads.

I also wonder if my user profile, combined with everyone's user profile, drives your decisions to create new products. Is that fair?

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