Absolutely.
This is another area where law reform would be beneficial because in the previous bill, Bill C-27, which was before the last Parliament, there was an element in there that would create the ability to have codes of practice that I would approve and that would give some protections to organizations, and also some obligations and some predictability.
A children's code would fit very well in that regime. Right now, we don't have that, so the children's code I am working on putting in place is going to be setting out my expectations and my office's expectations to organizations on things like the best interests of the child, making sure that you have privacy protections by default if you're geared to children and making sure that the consent and the information is shared in a child appropriate way.
All of that is under way with consultation with stakeholders in Canada and around the world. A part of that also is the notion of age estimation, age assurance and making sure that you're keeping kids off certain websites like TikTok if they're underage. How do you do that without going too far and taking too much personal information? It's that balance that we want to help reach.
