Information & Ethics committee  I have no opinion.

Information & Ethics committee  I don't have anything else to say.

Information & Ethics committee  I would say that it's important to show, not tell. You need privacy and data protection laws that show Canadians you take privacy and data protection seriously. This means that government conduct must be covered by robust and updated legislation. It also means that political part

Information & Ethics committee  My understanding is that folks are very concerned about back doors that China might potentially have to get the type of data that's being collected by TikTok and the opportunities for China to operate as a threat actor that those would provide. I would say that Canada needs to s

Information & Ethics committee  I would not support that. I understand the intent behind the proposal. I think it's well-intentioned, and I considered it seriously, but I think it would have adverse effects that may not be what is intended. The reality is that we need a privacy law that protects children by d

Information & Ethics committee  I provided an answer to the MP for Mississauga—Erin Mills, but I'm happy to extrapolate a little bit on this, particularly in the context of Chinese influence and control. There have been declarations that.... I'll use TikTok as an example, although the comments would apply to o

Information & Ethics committee  I believe the reasons that folks are using Signal to evade law enforcement are the same reasons that ministers and political staffers are using Signal to avoid the Access to Information Act. I think all of these social media companies should be banned on government-issued device

Information & Ethics committee  Yes. I believe it's unethical to advertise with social media companies if we have real concerns about data harvesting and illicit foreign interference. Last year, the government spent a record $141 million on advertising, which was more than twice what the government spent on th

Information & Ethics committee  I'm not sure what document you're referring to. Are you referring to the document that informed the piece for my recommendation to ban all social media applications on government-issued devices?

Information & Ethics committee  The document comes from National Defence and their cyber-threat intelligence unit. It identifies a series of concerns with respect to TikTok that include surveillance and intelligence operations, privacy violations, data harvesting, political interference, narrative control and C

Information & Ethics committee  With respect to the type of information being shared on government-issued devices, it would seem unquestionable that there's probably greater sensitivity, especially when this information.... Even if it's harmless on an individual level, it could potentially be useful in the aggr

Information & Ethics committee  I think the word mirage accurately captures the current state of affairs. I think informed consent, which is what all Canadian privacy laws are currently based on, doesn't serve the ends that we really need data protection and privacy law in this country to serve. The reality th

Information & Ethics committee  I think Canada has an opportunity to reclaim a bit of the traditional role that we like to see Canada have, which is serving as a middle power with allied states. Several ideas have been floated around creating safe dataflow zones that map onto the security alliances that alrea

Information & Ethics committee  Thanks for the question. I think it's really important to identify the TikTok representatives who spoke as lobbyists. They're registered lobbyists, and they do lobbyist work. I think it's important to talk about how a lot of the claims they made were very disingenuous. There are

Information & Ethics committee  Like many folks who have appeared before this committee and committees dealing with related topics, I have a lot of concerns about how these power imbalances affect users' ability to offer consent that is meaningful and that is informed. When you click “accept” on a very length p