Industry committee  Just very briefly, we don't have any numbers offhand. I'm not sure if those are available at this time. I will certainly take under advisement your question about naming the individual. The key point is that we're all talking about referrals. The message that we want to get to

Industry committee  I would be totally fine with it being done in regulation, sir.

Industry committee  I just wanted to note that our comment was indeed with respect to business to business.

Industry committee  Certainly, I think the bill as it is written will prevent a lot of e-mails that would otherwise be sent, but no longer will be sent, by legitimate businesses. What I think those businesses that do carry on legitimate activities want, as Joanne was saying, is some tweaking of the

Industry committee  I can start, but I see that Joanne wanted to jump in there. The do-not-call list is obviously a different model that I think will prove itself over time. That's why it's important to give it the time necessary to work out. As far as this bill and PIPEDA are concerned, I would

Industry committee  Thank you, Mr. Garneau. We base our comment on the fact that there are different types of clients. Some clients want to be communicated with in an oral fashion, and some prefer being contacted by mail or telephone. But a growing number of people are making use of electronic mean

Industry committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman and members of the committee. I would like to thank the committee very much for giving us this opportunity to contribute to your review of Bill C-27, the Electronic Commerce Protection Act. My name is Frank Zinatelli, and I am vice-president of legal ser

Finance committee  It's April 24, I think.

Finance committee  The companies would effectively not have the power to carry on business, so it would create a lot of uncertainty about the validity of their contracts and all kinds of issues.

Finance committee  It never is.

Finance committee  I just want to recollect the process, as I recall it, leading up to the 2006 review. I recall that there was a consultation paper, I believe in the spring of 2005, which invited comments—

Finance committee  —on a number of issues, plus anything else that people wanted to bring up. After that process, discussions led up to the white paper last June, and then to this.

Finance committee  There's an amendment in the legislation that allows the auditor to refer to audit work done by an actuary other than the actuary of the company. That's what I imagine they're alluding to. We of course indicated this amendment to our member companies, and they have not expressed a

Finance committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. As you indicated, my name is Frank Zinatelli. I'm vice-president and associate general counsel of the Canadian Life and Health Insurance Association. I would like to thank the committee very much for this opportunity to contribute to your review of Bill

Information & Ethics committee  We work with our member companies. In fact, one of our raisons d'être at the association is to ensure that our members are aware of developments in the privacy area. In fact, when the legislation first came in, both in 1994 and again in 2001, and when the Alberta legislation came