CANON is a not-for-profit organization that does have representation from public, private and health sectors in Canada and also includes the participation of experts in the field of de-identification and anonymization, including Statistics Canada, for whom the anonymization of information is a principle consideration. I do think there is a well of capacity and expertise in their recommendation that generally acceptable best practices are a useful standard to hold people to.
On April 15th, 2024. See this statement in context.