Fares Al Soud
- Born
- 2000 — Montreal, Quebec
- Education
- Bachelor of Science, University of Toronto Mississauga
- Career
- Worked in the office of former MP and cabinet minister Omar Alghabra. Later joined the Prime Minister's Office and subsequently became a policy advisor to Diane Lebouthillier, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans Canada, where he later served as director of policy.
- Political Experience
- Elected MP for Mississauga Centre in 2025.
- Notable
- Trilingual, speaking fluent English, French, and Arabic. One of the first four Canadian MPs born in the 21st century.
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Before seeking political office, Fares Al Soud reportedly worked as a business consultant and entrepreneur. His professional background is said to involve international business development, with a focus on helping Canadian companies expand into markets in the Middle East and North Africa. He also has a background in engineering.
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Thank you, Madam Chair. Thank you, Mr. Dufresne and Mr. Chénier, for being with us today. I come at topics like these quite distinctly, because I've seen the challenges regarding data privacy and data collection developing over my entire life, quite literally. I've also lived through all that is artificial intelligence differently from many on this committee. I've seen its progression in an
Canadians are more sensitive, now more than ever, to this notion of trust, specifically in relation to how their data is used. I'd like to get your thoughts on theme one, this notion of “Enabling integrated services”. At times, I think Canadians view government as “one organization”. That is, of course, not the case. It is several institutions, at times operating in silos, admittedly. I think
I rushed over for this conversation, but I suspect I'm out of time.
This is a follow-up. I'm sure you know that we're looking to strengthen privacy notice requirements, including when automated decision systems are used. Could you speak to the importance of this? What does it mean for Canadians to have something like this easily accessible to them?