Well, put it this way: I'm going to attend as many of these meetings as I can, even if I have to strong-arm some of my Liberal members not to come so I can legally replace them. And I'm going to try to convince them that if the government doesn't come forth with an amendment, they should come forth with a specific amendment to make that distinction.
The second issue I had concern with at that time was the issue of consent, providing consent, express consent, implied consent, to companies that actually collect information and then may share it with their divisions or with third parties that they have contracts with, or whatever. I'm aware of a study that was recently done by the institute over at the University of Ottawa on the whole issue of consent, and my hair went straight when I saw the results.
There's a real problem on the definition of consent, what's express consent, what's implied consent, what kind of consent is required in order to share that information with third parties, what kind of information is actually being shared. There's a real problem there. And not all companies, apparently, have put into place an actual protocol. For those that have, that protocol may not be easily accessible by the consumer who's being asked to sign away their personal information. So I'm assuming that's another issue that you have consulted on with stakeholders, and that you have a clear vision of recommendations you'll be bringing to the minister. I'm assuming you'll be recommending to the minister that he either come prepared to answer that or that he release you from your confidentiality and allow you to answer directly to this committee.
Am I right about that?