Undoubtedly, the Bill C-27 package of amendments is an improvement over the status quo. I think all of us would acknowledge that. However, I'm not sure we should settle for a C+ bill. I think Canadians deserve A+ privacy protection, and amendments to this bill can get us there.
I think that is the spirit in which all of us who are scholars and activists, and who think about privacy and take a big-picture approach to this, think of it. We understand that private information does need to be collected and processed, but that needs to be done in a way that respects what is a very fundamental human right, one that is becoming more important in our digital age over time, as technology becomes more invasive, and it is important to get that right.
Political oxygen is scarce. Again, you have many priorities, many things to legislate, so if this is our shot, we have to do our very best. I think everyone here today has provided lots of really good ideas, and if this committee would embrace them and enact some amendments, this could be a much better bill.