Far be it for me, as an impartial officer of the legislature of British Columbia, to be giving you political advice about how things should proceed.
What I would say in general terms is that the bill represents an advance for the privacy rights of Canadians. Is it perfect? No. I think Commissioner Dufresne has articulately expressed this view that there are improvements that need to be made, but there are advances here, and it's important to acknowledge those. We would hope that those would move forward. Again, we are trying to be helpful here today to make suggestions to you as to how that can be further improved.
We talked about the AI front, notification provisions and PIAs being associated with the high-impact mechanisms of AI, but it's also about things like protection for children's rights. Again, we would support the federal commissioner in his bid to have them strengthened.
In general terms, these are an advance, and that I think needs to be acknowledged.