Good afternoon. I'm sorry about being late today. This is a very important and I think necessary discussion.
I want to start with the bogeyman, as Madam Stoddart called it. We've heard very differing opinions on the right to be forgotten. We have even heard questions about whether such a right would withstand a charter challenge. The CBA submission has said it is not addressed directly in PIPEDA, but that PIPEDA allows an individual to withdraw consent. You say that there is already within its provisions the right to be forgotten.
With all these differing opinions, I'd like to hear from each of you exactly what you think about the policy of the right to be forgotten. The reason I say this is that with the GDPR, the reason the right to be forgotten came in is that it was codified by a judgment. I'm sure you're aware of the Google Spain case.
Was that an overreaction on their part, or what should we be doing here in Canada? Should we have a right to be forgotten or not have it? If the GDPR has it already and the GDPR is going to be coming into effect in 2019, we will have to somehow deal with this, if we want to maintain the adequacy status.
I'd like, then, to know from each of you what you're thinking on the right to be forgotten so that we can clear the air once and for all.