Nick Clegg, a former British politician, ignored a House of Commons summons to appear before a committee — the second snub this month.
“We took that, understandably, as a very significant change to the framing of the hearing — that it would not be about Bill C-18, it would be on a suite of other matters altogether — and on that basis, Mr. Clegg decided not to appear,” Curran told MPs.
“As the former British deputy prime minister, you’d think that Facebook VP, Nick Clegg, would have respect for democracy. Parliament summoned him for a second time, and he just refused once again,” he said in a statement. “Facebook has a choice. They can either work with Parliamentarians and the government to improve Bill C-18, or they can continue trying to intimidate Canadians and refuse to show up in Parliament to answer for it.”Advertisement 6“I find it, particularly from him, disrespectful.
Facebook rejected the assertion they had been unco-operative, pointing out company representatives had appeared before committee several times.
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