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House Hansard - 165

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
March 7, 2023 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 165 - Mar/7/23
Mr. Rick Perkins (South Shore—St. Margarets, CPC)
  • Mar/7/23 1:09:26 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-27 
Madam Speaker, I listened intently to the speech from the member for Nepean. I note that at the beginning, the member talked about the issue of children, and the minister went on about that in his opening speech. However, the bill is 124 pages, and do members know how many times minors are mentioned? It is once, and it does not define what a minor is. It says that a minor's information is “sensitive”, but it does not define what “sensitive” is. Perhaps a member of the Liberal government could define for the House what a “minor” is under this proposed law and what “sensitive information” is, as it would say in the definitions section.
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Context: House Hansard - 165 - Mar/7/23
Mr. Chandra Arya
  • Mar/7/23 1:10:07 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-27 
Madam Speaker, there are two things to note here. One is the definition of “minor”. There is well-recognized legislation that has been adopted by various authorities and institutions on who a minor is, and I think that would be applicable here. On the definition of “sensitive” and “sensitiveness” and other definitions related to these technologies, my view is that we should not cast in iron in the legislation the definitions of various things that are involved here, but leave it to the government and the regulators going forward to have the flexibility to define the various terms that are used in this legislation.
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Context: House Hansard - 165 - Mar/7/23
Mr. Brad Vis
  • Mar/7/23 1:24:08 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-27 
Madam Speaker, why bring forward legislation that does not define “sensitive information” in the context of children? We all know this is a problem. I acknowledge this is a problem. Why not do the work right now? There are a lot of very talented public servants who could define “sensitive information” in the context of children. In relation to clause 128 and the fines imposed on people who would break the Privacy Act, the Government of Canada wants the ability to go after global tech companies and ask them to pay the government a portion of their earnings from a previous fiscal year, but the government is not capable of doing that right now. It is absolute fluff.
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Context: House Hansard - 165 - Mar/7/23
Mr. Brad Vis
  • Mar/7/23 1:25:23 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-27 
Madam Speaker, that is a very important point. I have a seven-year-old son, and he is starting to play games on my iPhone and whatnot. We cannot say that Bill C‑27 will protect children because this bill does not include a definition of sensitive information, which we need.
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