Canada's Industry Minister Says Families Should Decide on TikTok Use

OTTAWA — As the federal government battles TikTok in court over Ottawa’s order to close its Canadian offices, Canada’s industry minister says families should make their own decisions about whether to continue using the app. 'Ultimately, that's a choice for people to make with eyes wide open,' François-Philippe Champagne said. As for what he tells his own family? Champagne won’t share.

'I don't want to give advice on my personal experience in the sense that that is a more broad-based issue…it's like if you were asking about my eating habits, well, they may be well-suited for me and my family,' he said. 'My personal experience or my risk tolerance…might be very different than other people.' Champagne made the comments in a wide-ranging year-end interview with The Canadian Press. The interview was conducted on Dec. 12, before the surprise resignation of former finance minister Chrystia Freeland raised questions about the fate of the Liberal government. Champagne, who has been industry minister since 2021, kept in post in a Dec. 20 cabinet shuffle. In November, the federal government said that TikTok must close its operations in Canada after a national security review of the Chinese company behind the social media platform, though the app itself would remain available to Canadians. The company filed a challenge in December, arguing in Federal Court that the decision was'unreasonable' and'driven by improper purposes.' In the interview, Champagne said companies are free to launch a legal challenge if they want, but it won't detract me from my first job, which is to protect the national security of Canadians.' He declined to specify what the deadline is for the company to wrap up operations. Privacy and safety concerns around TikTok and its China-based parent company ByteDance Ltd. have centered around Chinese national security laws that compel organizations in the country to assist with intelligence gatherin

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