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44th Parl. 1st Sess.
April 10, 2024
The Chair (Mr. Joël Lightbound (Louis-Hébert, Lib.))
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Good afternoon, everyone. I call this meeting to order. Welcome to meeting number 117 of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Industry and Technology. Today's meeting is taking place in a hybrid format, pursuant to the Standing Orders. Furthermore, pursuant to the order of reference of Monday, April 24, 2023, the committee is resuming consideration of Bill C‑27, An Act to enact the Consumer Privacy Protection Act, the Personal Information and Data Protection Tribunal Act and the Artificial Intelligence and Data Act and to make consequential and related amendments to other Acts. I would like to welcome our witnesses today and thank you all for being here. From the Department of Industry, we have Mark Schaan, Senior Assistant Deputy Minister, Strategy and Innovation Policy Sector; Samir Chhabra, Director General, Marketplace Framework Policy Branch; and Runa Angus, Senior Director, Strategy and Innovation Policy Sector. Thanks to all three of you for being with us again. If memory serves, Mr. Turnbull had the floor at the end of our last meeting. And if I'm not mistaken, he was preparing to move a subamendment. Mr. Turnbull.
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Mr. Ryan Turnbull (Whitby, Lib.)
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Thank you, Chair. It's good to be back, colleagues. Thanks to the officials for being here. I know you'll spend some time with us over the next couple of months. We look forward to working with you and getting to know you better. I had asked the officials numerous questions to set the stage for introducing a subamendment that, at least we think, is a bit of a compromise on the language and provides further clarity. It's taking out some language, and it's based on some arguments that were made last time. Hopefully, those clarifications were helpful for committee members. This was drafted by my colleague Iqwinder, who is here. I am introducing it today because he was absent last time and I intended to do it then. I want to thank my colleague Mr. Gaheer for his work on this. The subamendment is that CPC-1, which proposes to amend clause 2 of Bill C-27 by adding a preamble after line 7 on page 3, be amended as follows: (a) replacing “Whereas Parliament recognizes the importance of the privacy and data protection principles contained in various international instruments;” with the following: “Whereas Parliament recognizes the importance of privacy and data protection;” (b) replacing “Whereas the processing of personal information and data should respect minors' privacy and their best interests;” with the following: “Whereas minors actively take part in the digital and data-driven economy and their personal information is worthy of stronger protection given their varying levels of capacity to understand how it is used by organizations and the potential long-term implications of such use;” (c) deleting the following: “Whereas the design, development and deployment of artificial intelligence systems across provincial and international borders should be consistent with national and international standards to protect individuals from potential harm;” (d) replacing “Whereas Parliament recognizes that artificial intelligence systems and other emerging technologies should uphold Canadian norms and values in line with the principles of international human rights law;” with the following: “Whereas Parliament recognizes that emerging technologies should uphold Canadian norms and values in line with the principles of international human rights law;” Thank you, Chair.
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The Chair
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Thank you, Mr. Turnbull. I believe colleagues all have a written copy of the subamendment, reference number 12991258, by Mr. Gaheer, moved by Mr. Turnbull. We'll now open debate on the subamendment. Mr. Vis.
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