Information & Ethics Committee on May 2nd, 2022

Evidence of meeting #18 for Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics in the 44th Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was technology.

A recording is available from Parliament.

On the agenda

Use and Impact of Facial Recognition Technology

MPs speaking

Also speaking

Daniel Therrien Privacy Commissioner of Canada, Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada

Patricia Kosseim Commissioner, Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario

Diane Poitras President, Commission d'accès à l'information du Québec

Vance Lockton Senior Technology and Policy Advisor, Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario

12:40 p.m.

Privacy Commissioner of Canada, Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada

Daniel Therrien

The rules are too vague to give the necessary level of trust that citizens should have in the collection of information by many parties, including the public sector and the private sector. I think the government recognizes that there's a need to enhance trust.

At this point, people use technology because it's convenient. Frankly, there's no other way to live in modern times than to use technology, but people do it with not much trust, and it is high time for elected officials to regulate these various areas.

12:40 p.m.

NDP

Matthew Green NDP Hamilton Centre, ON

Thank you for that testimony.

Thank you, Mr. Chair.

12:40 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Pat Kelly

Thank you. You timed that perfectly. The bells are now ringing, so I'm going to adjourn the meeting. We've had four complete rounds, so I think we're ready to adjourn and attend the votes in the House of Commons.

Thank you very much to all three of our witnesses. It was very informative. Once again, thanks.

The meeting is adjourned.