Discussion · Government Orders
Vincent Ho Conservative
“I want the government to explain how this bill deals with other countries' laws. Canadian rules on keeping private data might clash with laws in other countries. The government needs to answer this.”
“Mr. Speaker, the question the member brings up is about the issue of jurisdiction. That is a question that should be asked as well. Jurisdiction is an issue that perhaps applies to laws that are made even outside of Canada. There may be laws from other countries that these social media platforms have to adhere to about data retention. For example, if there is a Canadian law that says that these companies have to retain the private information of individuals and that this Canadian law may require it to be destroyed, rightly so, after the purpose has been met, it might actually contravene another law of a different country. These are questions that are worth asking and that the government needs to answer.”
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Mr. Speaker, the question the member brings up is about the issue of jurisdiction. That is a question that should be asked as well. Jurisdiction is an issue that perhaps applies to laws that are made even outside of Canada. There may be laws from other countries that these social media platforms have to adhere to about data retention. For example, if there is a Canadian law that says that these companies have to retain the private information of individuals and that this Canadian law may require it to be destroyed, rightly so, after the purpose has been met, it might actually contravene another law of a different country. These are questions that are worth asking and that the government needs to answer.