No, unfortunately, we weren't consulted before the act was tabled. I think that had we been consulted we would have pointed out that these three entities are already covered by PIPEDA; that it's a much higher, more modern standard of data protection that seems to be working well. There is an exemption for journalistic, artistic provisions under PIPEDA, so this does not go to the issue of journalistic sources.
We don't know whether this is an omission or whether.... It probably seems to be an omission. One cannot imagine that the government deliberately wants to lower the standard of privacy protection, both for employees and for the public, for consumers and for citizens who deal with these organizations.