The short answer is, yes, I would agree with the deputy governor of the bank. Although I don't think it would be appropriate for the Office of the Privacy Commissioner to review all of these issues, I think from the privacy perspective, the issue at hand, or one of the main issues at hand here with the growing centralization of powers in the hands of a few and the lack of authority or sanctions for actions that violate privacy, is the issue of trust.
If the digital economy is to grow, then consumers, citizens, need to have trust that when they engage in that economy, their personal information will not be sold or misused, and that there are sanctions. Others, such as the Competition Bureau, would certainly have a role to play in the issue of whether monopolies are created. Yes, I think new technologies raise very important concerns that I think have to be addressed through a number of laws and regulators with the capacity to share information and co-operate with one another.