In my opinion, the most important thing you can do as parliamentarians is to amend the law. It’s an essential tool. I made seven priority recommendations to the government, which I shared with the committee. They include such items as expanded enforcement-making powers, order-making powers and the power to impose fines in certain cases. Recognizing privacy as a fundamental right is important. This is more important than ever with the advent of artificial intelligence. The recommendations include items such as privacy by design. Organizations that create tools that have significant impacts must be asked to conduct privacy impact assessments right from the beginning, and not at the end. This would be positive across the board. This issue must also be addressed globally. We need a framework to govern data that leaves Canadian jurisdiction.
