Mrs. Lisa Campbell at the Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics Committee

On February 11th, 2009. See this statement in context.

February 11th, 2009 / 4:40 p.m.

Acting General Counsel, Legal Services, Policy and Parliamentary Affairs Branch, Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada

Lisa Campbell

I will answer, but I also want to give my colleague a chance to speak to this.

From my point of view, it would have an impact on everything we have identified as important to Canadians. That is clear from the surveys. We are not the only ones who think this. There would be nobody to deal with identity theft, the cross-border transfer of personal information, and other important issues like that.

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