Yes, I certainly care. I care that the law is as easy to apply as possible, because privacy is a fundamental right in this country and Parliament has adopted this law. I care about whether it is practical and easy to apply.
Mr. Chairman, the assistant commissioner deals very closely with a lot of these cases, but if I may, before I ask her to give some examples of how small business tries to comply, I'll just say that Parliament, as I understand, deliberately chose a very light and flexible regulatory system in 2000. I'm saying this to the honourable member because it could have chosen a much heavier system--for example, the British system, where you have to register your databases with the U.K. commissioner every year and then pay a registration fee. That's how the U.K. commissioner in fact finances his office.
But here in Canada we just said this is the law and you're expected to comply with it, and unless there is a complaint, or the Privacy Commission does an audit or something like that, we will presume—as with most of the laws of this country—you are in compliance with it. So it was supposed to be a light law.