Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne’s November order that TikTok close its Canadian offices for national security reasons was substantively wrong and procedurally unfair, the company argued in a Federal Court filing. It said TikTok Canada tried to communicate with Champagne about his concerns and offered promises to address them but got no response before the minister used his power under the Investment Canada Act to ban the company. (The Logic)
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Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne’s November order that TikTok close its Canadian offices for national security reasons was substantively wrong and procedurally unfair, the company argued in a Federal Court filing. It said TikTok Canada tried to communicate with Champagne about his concerns and offered promises to address them but got no response before the minister used his power under the Investment Canada Act to ban the company. (The Logic)
Talking point: Champagne has refused to publicly lay out the national security objections to TikTok’s Canadian operation, and the company’s filing doesn’t spell them out. The social network itself isn’t facing a ban here as it is in the U.S., where TikTok is fighting a separate court battle. TikTok Canada’s filing said that if its offices close, it will lay off hundreds of people and potentially cancel more than 250,000 ad deals, and Canadian creators will be harmed.
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