Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Thank you, Madam Commissioner. I'm very grateful for your testimony, and it seems very clear to me on page 4, when you talk about CBC, Atomic Energy of Canada, and Via Rail.
What we hear in the other place, over there in the Commons, is that somehow in the other part of this omnibus bill—the access provisions in particular—something was done to protect CBC and the sources. But what's clear here is that the extraction of CBC in particular from PIPEDA gives them, in your words, a lower standard of privacy protection than the federally regulated private sector.
I guess my question—I'd buy that lock, stock, and barrel—is why this has come to be, other than maybe that it was rushed without consultation. Was there consultation with you about the extraction of these three crown corporations, or arm's-length corporations, which have to, after all, compete with the CTVs and the rail systems out west and the atomic energy.... I suppose they compete on a worldwide basis.
Was there consultation, and has there been sufficient time to develop a safety net?