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In question period on the grocery industry, the NDP raised the issue of surveillance pricing, where stores use technology to track shoppers and charge them different prices. Don Davies said Manitoba’s NDP government has banned the practice and asked why the federal government’s new bill does not also ban it. Minister Evan Solomon said the government’s legislation would protect privacy and children and would give authorities a way to act against surveillance pricing and price gouging.Written by AI from the debate. Updated .

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Don Davies

NDP
“Stores use technology to track people and charge them higher prices. Manitoba banned this, and the federal government should too. I want to know why the government's new bill does nothing to stop it.”
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Mr. Speaker, New Democrats have raised the alarm on surveillance pricing, an invasive and unfair scheme that gouges Canadians. We called on the Liberals to follow the Manitoba NDP government, which moved swiftly to ban this insidious practice. Instead, the government tabled legislation that not only fails to address this issue, but does not even mention it. I guess AI for everyone really means everyone is a target. Why are the Liberals refusing to protect Canadians from abusive technology that invades their privacy and enables discriminatory pricing?

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Evan Solomon

Liberal
“We introduced a bill to protect people's privacy and children. It will also stop companies from tracking people to raise prices on them.”

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Mr. Speaker, we are very proud to have tabled legislation that would protect children, privacy and personal information and give us the opportunity to finally act against surveillance pricing and price gouging, making sure that Canadians have an affordable life. We are doing that with a regulator that will enforce that. This practice has been praised by the Office of the Privacy Commissioner, which said it is very pleased that this represents “a pivotal step for privacy in Canada” and “I welcome the proposals to recognize privacy as a fundamental right, an explicit recognition of the best interests of children, requirements to conduct—

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