Thank you.
Moving to having consent now--this is in case we haven't had consent and we're in a serious situation--I'd like to question Mr. Misener and Mr. Gray specifically around these consent provisions. There are a number of people who think the consent provisions are too narrow and are out of the context of the international community. If you look, for example, at the New Zealand spam act, probably both implied and express consent are interpreted a little differently. If we consider what has been adopted by PIPEDA and quoted from the spam task force, it defines implied consent much more broadly than this proposed act. The consent is “...where consent may be reasonably inferred from the action or inaction of the individual.”
Do you think the consent provisions in this proposed act are too narrow? I think you have asked for some changes in length of time, but have you reviewed the consent provisions?
Then, Mr. Gray, could you add a comment to that?