Iqra Khalid at the Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics Committee

On December 13th, 2023. See this statement in context.

December 13th, 2023 / 5 p.m.

Liberal

Iqra Khalid Liberal Mississauga—Erin Mills, ON

Thank you very much, Chair.

Thank you to the witnesses for appearing and for your presentations. I appreciate that all of you talked about foreign interference and the protection of Canadian data. It's incumbent upon all of us to be proactive about the protection of Canadians.

I will turn to Meta first.

There was a $9-million penalty in 2020 in Canada for misleading privacy claims, a $5-billion penalty for deceiving users in the U.S., and a 405-million-euro penalty in 2022 in Europe. There are a lot more sanctions. What is the issue here with respect to protecting Canadians' privacy here in Canada?

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