Mr. Speaker, he says that we are ignoring the data, but the fact is he is ignoring the question.
The law says that the minister must be told of any mandatory request for data by Statistics Canada 30 days before it is made. It also says that any new request must be made public. According to the minister, he found out about this scheme to surveil Canadians from media reports. It looks as if Statistics Canada violated the law.
Will the Prime Minister finally listen to the concerns of Canadians and cancel this unauthorized scheme?