Ryan Williams at the Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics Committee

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

August 9th, 2022 / 3:45 p.m.

Conservative

Ryan Williams Conservative Bay of Quinte, ON

Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.

I'm going to stick to the professor as well.

Mr. Deibert, thank you for being here today.

In respect to the RCMP's use of this Pegasus-like cellphone hacking, this committee heard yesterday that these tools have been used since 2017, and not a single consultation has taken place with the Privacy Commissioner. They had to hear about it in the news. You understand well, as you've demonstrated, the implications this technology can have. Do you find the RCMP's decision to keep this information from Canadians acceptable?

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