Nathaniel Erskine-Smith at the Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics Committee

On February 21st, 2017. See this statement in context.

February 21st, 2017 / 4:40 p.m.

Liberal

Nathaniel Erskine-Smith Liberal Beaches—East York, ON

Thanks very much.

I wanted to start by asking about enforcement powers. One model is order making. Another model is fining powers, administrative monetary penalties, and/or a combination of the two.

We heard testimony the other day that in the EU there are significant fining powers. I think it's up to 4% of company revenue.

What are your comments on whether we should empower the Office of the Privacy Commissioner with such administrative monetary penalty powers? Would that be a good idea?

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