Philippe Dufresne at the Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics Committee

February 2nd, 2026 / 5:05 p.m.

Privacy Commissioner of Canada, Offices of the Information and Privacy Commissioners of Canada

No, it does not. Again, this is not in a criminal context.

I should say that I appeared before the SECU committee on Bill C-8 and shared my recommended amendments to the bill, which include necessity and proportionality framing for the exercise of those powers.

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