Madam Speaker, our top priority from the very beginning of this pandemic has always been keeping Canadians healthy and safe while upholding the privacy standards that Canadians expect. Over the course of the pandemic, the Public Health Agency of Canada has used de-identifed and aggregated data to perform and inform our government's response to COVID-19, and to transparently provide Canadians with information on the pandemic. That mobility data is released to the public and updated weekly via COVIDTrends and the WeatherCAN application, and while the mobility data being used by the Public Health Agency of Canada contains no private personal information whatsoever, we will continue collaborating with the Ethics Commissioner and remain committed to safeguarding—
In the House of Commons on February 11th, 2022. See this statement in context.