ETHI Committee Meeting
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Minutes of Proceedings
The committee proceeded to give drafting instructions to the analysts for a draft report.
At 4:17 p.m., the meeting was suspended.
At 4:28 p.m., the meeting resumed in public.
Matthew Green moved, — That in relation to media reports that privacy breaches of more than 31 000 accounts at the Canada Revenue Agency have gone unreported and resulted the loss of millions of dollars, the committee commence a study of at least 2 meetings and invite to appear the Minister of National Revenue, Marie-Claude Bibeau, the Privacy Commissioner of Canada, Philippe Dufresne, and representatives from H&R Block, and that the committee report is findings to the House.
Debate arose thereon.
Iqra Khalid moved, — That the motion be amended
(a) by adding, after the words "31 000 accounts at the Canada Revenue Agency" the words “between 2020 and 2023”;
(b) by deleting the words "have gone unreported and resulted the loss of millions of dollars"; and
(c) by adding, after the words "the Minister of National Revenue, Marie-Claude Bibeau;", the words "the Commissioner, Bob Hamilton, and representatives from the Canada Revenue Agency; ".
Debate arose thereon.
René Villemure moved, — That the amendment be amended by adding, after point (c), the following: “(d) by adding, after the words "representatives from H&R Block" the words "; and André Lareau from Université Laval”.
After debate, the question was put on the subamendment of René Villemure and it was agreed to.
After debate, the question was put on the amendment of Iqra Khalid, as amended, and it was agreed to.
The question was put on the motion, as amended, and it was agreed to on the following recorded division:
YEAS: Parm Bains, Michael Barrett, Frank Caputo, Michael Cooper, Darren Fisher, Matthew Green, Anthony Housefather, Iqra Khalid, Brenda Shanahan, René Villemure — 10;
NAYS: — 0.
The motion, as amended, read as follows:
That in relation to media reports that privacy breaches of more than 31000 accounts were reported at the Canada Revenue Agency between 2020 and 2023, the committee commence a study of at least two meetings and invite to appear: the Minister of National Revenue, Marie-Claude Bibeau; the Commissioner, Bob Hamilton, and representatives from the Canada Revenue Agency; the Privacy Commissioner of Canada, Philippe Dufresne; representatives from H&R Block; and André Lareau from Université Laval; and that the committee report is findings to the House.
At 4:44 p.m., the meeting was suspended.
At 4:52 p.m., the meeting resumed.
On motion of Iqra Khalid, it was agreed, — That the Committee return to the consideration of the draft report on the study on Social Media and Foreign Entities.
Iqra Khalid moved, — Given that there are concerns with transparency around the pricing of delivery services such as Uber, Lyft, Skip the dishes, Doordash’s and other companies providing similar services, including concerns about surcharges and service fees charged to customers, the safety and privacy of Canadians' personal data collected by them, and there are questions about whether delivery personnel who are gig workers have equitable changes, that, pursuant to Standing Order 108 (3)(h), the committee undertake a study of three meetings on the impacts of Uber's operations in Canada, including: Transparency around these companies pricing structure, including surcharges and fees; Privacy and security of Canadians' personal data collected by delivery services; Transparency around support for gig workers and their retention of any of the profits made; and that the committee report its findings and recommendations to the House.
Debate arose thereon.
The question was put on the motion and it was agreed to on the following recorded division:
YEAS: Parm Bains, Michael Barrett, Frank Caputo, Michael Cooper, Darren Fisher, Matthew Green, Anthony Housefather, Iqra Khalid, Brenda Shanahan — 9;
NAYS: René Villemure — 1.
At 5:02 p.m., the committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.