Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
I'd like to ask a question I've asked most of the witnesses who have come before us, and that has to do with small businesses. I've asked whether or not, with PIPEDA, small businesses are adequately looked after. In my community I'm thinking specifically of one business, a drycleaning business, but it could be a small mail order business in someone's home. There could be one or two individuals involved. We have a lot of those in our area. Almost all of you are talking about the contact with the corporation, or the privacy person with the corporation. For these people I'm referring to, there's no way in a million years they can afford to do all that stuff. Do they even have the resources to respond to some of the issues you're talking about or, indeed, what PIPEDA requires?
My question is getting a little long. I started off by saying to groups and, in fact, to the commissioner, are small businesses being looked after? Almost to a T, the answers have been “No, we could do a lot more”, or some vague answers such as that.
I wonder if all three groups could comment on that issue.