I'll answer the first question, with your permission, Mr. Chairman, and then I'll ask my colleague to answer the member's second question.
First, was it crazy to say there was a mistake? Yes. Should that mistake have been prevented? Yes. Had Google adopted procedures to ensure such a mistake would not occur? Yes. Were the procedures followed? No, and that's where the commissioner reacted more strongly, for Wi-Fi, as in the case of Google Buzz and Google Street View. The commissioner's key message was that, when these new technologies are developed, the procedures to ensure protection must be put in place and followed from the product design and development stage, not just when an error occurs. That's the key message. These measures must be immediately followed and there must be control mechanisms to ensure they are followed in every case.
Would it be preferable to harmonize reactions to the various technologies developed by Google? That is the wish of many commissioners around the world who have powers in the privacy field. They increasingly want to work together to face large global businesses like Google. Now, the possibility of doing so varies from one commissioner to the next since they don't all have the same powers regarding the exchange of information with their counterparts elsewhere in the world.
Consequently, with regard to Bill C-28 before you, the Fighting Internet and Wireless Spam Act, it would make a key amendment to the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act that would enable our commissioner to freely exchange the information that she receives in the context of her investigations with her counterparts elsewhere in the world so as to be able to react in a more concerted and harmonized manner and deal with large businesses such as Google.
With your permission, I'll ask Dr. Patrick to answer your next question.