Evidence of meeting #92 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 data.
A recording is available from Parliament.
November 20th, 2023 / 5:50 p.m.
President, Privacy and Access Council of Canada
Yes, reverse it. Thank you.
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NDP
Matthew Green NDP Hamilton Centre, ON
—because presently the status quo is that the onus is on the person who could not possibly consent or be informed about where their data goes. You're suggesting—quite rightly, I would add, in my opinion—that that be placed on the people who create the algorithms, broker the information and ultimately profit from it.
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President, Privacy and Access Council of Canada
That's right. They monetize our information. They should be the ones to prove that what they are foisting upon an unaware and unsuspecting public is safe and is not going to undermine privacy, security and national security.
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Conservative
The Chair Conservative John Brassard
Thank you, Mr. Green.
Thank you, Ms. Polsky, for appearing before the committee today. That concludes our second round of questioning. On behalf of Canadians, I'd like to thank you for the information you've provided and for your work as well.
We are going to suspend for a couple of minutes. We're going to return in camera. I expect it's going to be quick. We have a personnel issue that we need to discuss.
[Proceedings continue in camera]