From my point of view, yes, the government should be open to the same standards as the CBC. I believe that openness and transparency are important right across the board. I don't think you can remove the CBC from the conversation, but I also don't think you can remove the government from the conversation either. They should both be dealt with in exactly the same way.
If the impression I'm getting here is that we should trust the Privacy Commissioner to make those decisions, I believe the government should trust the Privacy Commissioner in the same way it is asking the CBC to trust the Privacy Commissioner.