MPs Call for Commons Committee to Launch Emergency Probe of Use of Mobile Data

Conservative MP John Brassard responds to a question as MP Pierre Paul-Hus responds to a question during a news conference on the collection of mobile data by the Public Health Agency of Canada, in Ottawa on Jan. 10, 2022. Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press

OTTAWA—Opposition MPs want the House of Commons ethics committee to investigate the Public Health Agency of Canada’s decision to collect data from millions of mobile phones to understand travel patterns during the COVID-pandemic.

Conservative and Bloc Quebecois MPs want the committee to hold emergency meetings this month while the House of Commons is still on its holiday break because the agency is seeking to extend the practice.