OTTAWA—Canadian politicians voted across party lines Tuesday to issue an unprecedented summons for Facebook executives Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg.

Zuckerberg and Sandberg ignored a subpoena from the House of Commons ethics committee to testify on Facebook’s Cambridge Analytica scandal Tuesday.

In response, MPs voted unanimously to issue a “standing summons” for the two executives. If Zuckerberg or Sandberg step foot in Canada, they could face immediate summons to testify before the committee.

“We are very, very surprised that Mr. Zuckerberg and Ms. Sandberg decided to ignore the summons of a parliamentary committee, particularly as we have international representatives here,” said NDP MP Charlie Angus.

“As far as I know, we were not even informed that he wasn’t showing up. To me, I’ve never seen a situation where a corporate head ignores a legal summons.”

Canada is hosting the international grand committee on data, privacy and democracy in Ottawa this week. The nine-country committee of parliamentarians was struck to examine the cross-border issues posed by tech and social media giants like Facebook, Twitter, and Google.

MPs on the Canadian committee were in the dark Monday night after CNN reported Zuckerberg and Sandberg would ignore the committee’s original subpoena. In a statement Monday night, Facebook Canada offered no reason for the two executives decision to skip the committee.

In their place, Facebook Canada’s Kevin Chan and global policy director Neil Potts faced frustration and outright anger over Zuckerberg’s absence. U.K. MP Jo Stevens noted members of the committee crossed the Atlantic to make it more convenient for Zuckerberg to testify, and said she was sick of sitting through “platitudes” from Facebook’s representatives sent in the CEO’s stead.

Potts pushed back on the “narrative” that Zuckerberg and Sandberg were not taking the committee seriously, saying he and Chan had an explicit mandate to speak for the company and to work with the lawmakers.

Conservative MP Bob Zimmer, who chairs the Canadian committee, called that unacceptable, noting the committee collectively represents roughly 400 million people.

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