Evan Solomon: “The moment is here. I think Canadians expect that their information should be protected.”

When this bill passes, I’ll be asking the regulator for guidance, to publish guidance as one of my first acts on surveillance pricing, to clarify exactly what that will be.

We are looking at things like how to combat deep fakes and giving the right to deletion.

“If the harms outweigh the benefits, as in the case with surveillance pricing, the regulator could take charge,” he said.

The government is setting an ambitious goal to double Canada's exports outside of the U.S. within the next decade.