Matthew Green at the Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics Committee

On August 9th, 2022. See this statement in context.

August 9th, 2022 / 4:05 p.m.

NDP

Matthew Green NDP Hamilton Centre, ON

Thank you.

The Council of Europe recognizes that the use of the Pegasus tool is a violation of article 8 on the right to privacy of the European Convention on Human Rights.

Does the Canadian legal framework guarantee privacy protections similar to article 8 of the European convention, such that the use of the device investigation tools with technological capabilities similar to Pegasus could be considered perhaps unlawful?

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