Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you to the witnesses.
My focus and my questions will be on dealing with privacy issues and moving forward.
As you know, PIPEDA became law in 2000. It came into force over 2001 to 2004 and there is a statutory review on most federal legislation and that statutory review took place, I believe, in 2006 or 2008. My question is going to be focusing on whether we should continue to discuss potential amendments to this or we should move forward and get general consensus on Bill S-4 and move it forward. Or do we not move forward on Bill S-4 and ask the next parliament to deal with this.
As we heard from you, Mr. Chair, you're recommending that we start clause by clause on the 31st, because what we've heard, in submissions and from the witnesses, is that there's general support for Bill S-4, from the public and from the witnesses. There are some suggested amendments but some of these changes can be done by regulation following the amendments and passage of Bill S-4 if it does happen. We have a very short window to pass it in this parliament. If we don't, it will be the next parliament and we've already been at work on this almost a year.
That's going to be the focus of my question. Do we move forward or are you suggesting that we not move forward?
I'm going to first go to the Canadian Bankers Association. You were quite involved in the judicial review. You appeared before the committee to express a general support for PIPEDA and then you made a number of recommended changes that are in Bill S-4. Could you highlight some of those changes that you are happy with that are included in Bill S-4?