( LEON NEAL / AFP/GETTY IMAGES )The interaction occurred around April 2013, when the previous Conservative government was in power, Facebook confirmed Monday. Angus has previously accused Facebook of failing to register meetings with Liberal government officials as official lobbying interactions. The Star was not able to verify the documents reported by the British newspaper. However, Facebook confirmed the data centre in Canada was being considered around the same time the company decided to build one in Iowa in 2013. Christian Paradis, who was the Conservative industry minister when Facebook considered a data centre in Canada, did not respond to requests for comment Monday.

Source: thestar March 05, 2019 01:30 UTC