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

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

March 21st, 2017 / 5:10 p.m.

Liberal

Nathaniel Erskine-Smith Liberal Beaches—East York, ON

Thank you to all the witnesses.

I want to start with you, Mr. Fraser. You cast some doubt or expressed some caution with respect to our recommending the granting of new powers to the commissioner. Also, you mentioned procedural fairness, so I want to get your thoughts on this.

As far as I understand, some organizations already have the power to impose administrative monetary penalties, for example, FINTRAC; the CRTC with respect to the anti-spam legislation; the Ethics Commissioner; and in 2013, the U.K. Information Commissioner issued a $250,000 fine against Sony for a breach with respect to PlayStation. Are all of these models contrary to procedural fairness? Would they not face the same hurdles you've expressed?

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