I agree. I just wanted to be sure, because we need to have some clarity here.
I've taken note of the input and that some of it really concerns PIPEDA more than the Privacy Act, but I think we have some direction. We're going to make some contacts. I think we've had some good input from members and nothing is going to preclude the committee from adding further witnesses to the extent they're needed to do the job properly. There's no time limit or deadline for this project, but we do want to make each and every meeting a constructive one that will add to our knowledge. So that will be our objective. I've taken the input from the members, and we will do our very best to make sure that we have good quality witnesses before you.
The Minister of Justice and the officials are coming the week of the 27th, so these witnesseswill not appear until June. We'll come back to you when we return, just to update you on what we've found available and have booked tentatively—to make sure everybody's comfortable.
Is that all right? Terrific.
Mr. Comeau, I'm sorry.
We're going to split the time equally between you and our subsequent witness. I want to be sure that you get all of the time you need. I thought this was also important for you to hear, because we have a little bit of experience with some witnesses who have tended to try to cover the whole Privacy Act with a general approach. At this point, I think we understand that we cannot do a full or comprehensive review of the Privacy Act. But the commissioner felt that it would be helpful if certain urgent matters that required remediation were considered, either a so-called band-aid solution or a quick fix to hold us over until the appropriate time could be dedicated to doing a full review of the Privacy Act—which, as you know, has gone 25 years without changes. Obviously, there's a great deal to do.
I'm not sure, but have you seen the list from the commissioner? You have. So you're generally familiar with the ballpark.
You have also provided us with your opening comments. Don't feel obligated to read all of them to us if you don't want to. If you want to just focus or target or highlight some points, that would be fine, or whatever you wish. But I'm going to invite you now to make your opening comments to the committee. The best and most productive part of the meeting, though, is the questions and the comments, so we want to move to those as quickly as we can.
Thank you. Please proceed.