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Minutes of Proceedings

Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics (ETHI)
44th Parliament, 1st Session
Meeting 74
Friday, June 2, 2023, 8:45 a.m. to 10:54 a.m.
Televised
Presiding
John Brassard, Chair (Conservative)

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• Annie Koutrakis for Iqra Khalid (Liberal)
• Dan Muys for Damien C. Kurek (Conservative)
Library of Parliament
• Sabrina Charland, Analyst
• Alexandra Savoie, Analyst
• Maxime-Olivier Thibodeau, Analyst
Foreign Interference and Threats to the Integrity of Democratic Institutions, Intellectual Property and the Canadian State
As an individual
• Dr. Dyane Adam, Former Vice-Chair of the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation Board of Directors
• Dean Baxendale, Chief Executive Officer, China Democracy Foundation and Optimum Publishing International
• Dr. Ginger Gibson, Director, The Firelight Group
• Dr. Thomas Juneau, Associate Professor, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Ottawa
• Andrew Mitrovica, Investigative Reporter
• Madeleine Redfern
Pursuant to Standing Order 108(3)(h) and the motion adopted by the committee on Wednesday, December 7, 2022, the committee resumed its study of foreign interference and threats to the integrity of democratic institutions, intellectual property and the Canadian state.

Dean Baxendale, Thomas Juneau and Andrew Mitrovica made statements and answered questions.

At 9:45 a.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 9:51 a.m., the sitting resumed.

Dyane Adam, Ginger Gibson and Madeleine Redfern made statements and answered questions.

Motion

Lisa Hepfner moved, — That, the deadline to submit witnesses for the study of the use of TikTok and its parent company, ByteDance Ltd be three days following the adoption of the motion, and that the committee hold one meeting before the end of June at the Chair's discretion.

Debate arose thereon.

Motion

Matthew Green moved, — That the debate be now adjourned.

The question was put on the motion and the result of the vote was announced:

YEAS: Parm Bains, Greg Fergus, Lisa Hepfner, Annie Koutrakis, Ya'ara Saks — 5;

NAYS: Michael Barrett, Jacques Gourde, Matthew Green, Dan Muys, René Villemure — 5.

Whereupon, the Chair voted in the affirmative.

Accordingly, the motion was agreed to.

Questioning of the witnesses resumed.

At 10:54 a.m., the committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.



Nancy Vohl
Clerk of the committee