Thank you, Madam Chair. Thank you to the witnesses for appearing before our committee today.
As you both may have heard, we've just heard that the only province that has actually launched a tracing app, Alberta, is still waiting to hear from its privacy commissioner as to whether that app actually lives up to the standards that were set out in the joint statement released on May 7. I just took a look at the website of the Alberta privacy commissioner and it says that privacy impact assessments can take up to a year.
I'm astounded because if we take the joint statement that was released by the provincial and federal privacy commissioners, did they mean to just provide us with some yardsticks, recognizing full well that it would take many months before a government could go there and ensure that all those safeguards are there?
What is the process that you would recommend a government adhere to?
Perhaps I could start off with Professor Scassa.