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Minutes of Proceedings

Standing Committee on Industry and Technology (INDU)
44th Parliament, 1st Session
Meeting 118
Monday, April 15, 2024, 11:02 a.m. to 1:01 p.m.
Webcast
Presiding
Joël Lightbound, Chair (Liberal)

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House of Commons
• Philippe Méla, Legislative Clerk
• Jean-François Pagé, Legislative Clerk
 
Library of Parliament
• Dana Fan, Analyst
• Sarah Lemelin-Bellerose, Analyst
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
Department of Industry
• Mark Schaan, Senior Assistant Deputy Minister, Strategy and Innovation Policy Sector
• Samir Chhabra, Director General, Marketplace Framework Policy Branch
• Runa Angus, Senior Director, Strategy and Innovation Policy Sector
Pursuant to the order of reference of Monday, April 24, 2023, the committee resumed 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.

The witnesses answered questions.

The committee resumed its clause-by-clause study of the Bill.

The committee resumed clause-by-clause consideration on Clause 2 of the Bill.

The committee resumed consideration of the amendment of Brian Masse, — That Bill C-27, in Clause 2, be amended by replacing lines 16 and 17 on page 3 with the following:

“modify personal information to ensure that no individual”

At 12:36 p.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 12:48 p.m., the sitting resumed.

By unanimous consent, the amendment was allowed to stand.

On motion of Rick Perkins, it was agreed, —

That, in relation to 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, and given that;

(a) Simon Kennedy, the Deputy Minister of Innovation, Science, and Economic Development, was the keynote speaker at the “Business Leaders Breakfast” at McCarthy Tétrault’s Strategic Advisors at the TD Bank Tower in Toronto, on November 7, 2023; and

(b) given that the Deputy Minister read from a pre-prepared 20-minute speech discussing the department's most recent developments on the use of AI, which included discussions of moderating and prioritizing the social media content Canadians see for the purposes of combatting online misinformation through Bill C-27;

the committee therefore order the production of (i) the draft speaking notes recommended to the Deputy Minister for use by his department in relation to the breakfast, and (ii) the final version of the speaking notes that the Deputy Minister relied upon during his appearance at the breakfast, and that these documents shall be deposited with the clerk of the committee, in both official languages, no later than May 1, 2024.

At 1:01 p.m., the committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.



Miriam Burke
Clerk of the committee