Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you all for coming.
I'm a new MP, and coming from small business, I remember the uneasiness when this act came into being. So I looked at it purely from my perspective. Then of course, as we're introduced to these proceedings and we're introduced to the laws, I can see the other side. So it's very interesting to see all the different aspects and the guidelines, the safeguards.
There's one thing that concerns me, just one thing, and it's the only question I'm going to throw out here. We talked about the employer's responsibility, we talked about the employee's responsibility, and we talked about the rights. The only thing that concerns me is, down the road, have we put together an organization that...? And forgive me for saying this, but it is the only thing that troubles me somewhat—and I would never suspect this from our current Privacy Commissioner. We've met her, and she is doing a great job. But is there a possibility, down the road, that we may create a reign of terror, where the Privacy Commissioner can force laws that are enacted, that obviously aren't going to be...? With the examples I just cited in private business, I've come to understand that those things are really unreasonable to expect, but the laws are there.
Have we put in place any safeguards where the Privacy Commissioner has some safeguards too, so they can't start to put in laws or force things that would make it impossible for a business to continue?