There are actually two important ways in which we believe the expertise of the tribunal would function in this instance. The first is that, as we previously pointed out, at least three of the members appointed need to have previous expertise and experience in privacy and information law.
The second and really critical piece is that, by forming a dedicated body that would hear all of the cases coming through the CPPA, they would quickly develop expertise, understanding and efficiencies in recognizing certain points of fact and common patterns or issues that are emerging across a number of different domains. In that way, they would be much better equipped to assess and respond to the commissioner's findings and recommendations as compared to a general court, which would not have, at its base, expert members who are focused in privacy and information law and would not necessarily be seeing multiple cases in the same domain. It would, therefore, not be able to develop over time that degree of expertise, familiarity and comfort with the issues.
This becomes particularly important in a domain like privacy and information where we're, for the most part, talking about highly technical issues that change rapidly based on the changing technology and the changing utilization of data. Again, it reinforces the importance of having expertise and a degree of focus and dedication on the issue.