Thank you.
In fact, if you look at our submission, a number of the changes we recommend are aimed at bringing PIPEDA in line with what has been put in place, if you like, in the third generation privacy legislation that is in place in B.C. and Alberta. As I indicated earlier, Quebec was the first one, in 1994, then PIPEDA in 2001. For our sector, though, it started in 2004. That's when the act began applying to us. But since then Alberta and B.C. have developed what PIPEDA had put in place. So our suggestion is that you look at those newer provisions where perhaps more thought has gone into it, given time and given the experience that they saw from PIPEDA.
One of the areas Dale spoke about is adjusting the provisions dealing with fraud and defining investigation in such a way so that it brings clarity to what the rules are for everybody, because I must confess, I looked at section 7 of PIPEDA, and it's pretty complicated stuff to get your head around. So that's one area.
Another area where the provinces are third generation again is in the area of access. They've gone on to clarify some of the rules in that area, and we have those again in our submission.
Another area that has been talked about and I know this committee has heard about before is when there is a sale of assets or of a business and the purchaser, in doing the due diligence, needs to look at personal information contained by the buyer. So there are provisions in B.C. and Alberta in this regard that may be useful for this committee to look at to determine whether they should be included in PIPEDA, for the purpose of making that area clear.
Another area, and again you've heard about this one, is looking at the B.C. model for their definition of work product and considering whether that should be included in PIPEDA as well.