No, the external advisory committee is a group of about 15 persons--there is quite a bit of information about that on our website--who have been informally advising me, as Privacy Commissioner, since I took over at the end of 2003. They meet in Ottawa once or twice a year, and they give us informal long-term advice on strategic directions and functioning issues. They are all privacy experts in different domains.
On May 3rd, 2007. See this statement in context.