The provision in Bill S-4 that has the most relevant link to Bill C-13 is a provision that expands the exceptions in PIPEDA, which I mentioned earlier.
Right now there's an exception, so that a company does not have to seek an individual's consent before disclosing their information to law enforcement or government agencies in certain circumstances. This would expand that to include other organizations that might be requesting information where there's an allegation of breach of contract, for example, copyright claims, and things of that nature.
Really, the problem is that it puts the holder of the information, a private corporation, in the seat of an arbitrator of a contractual dispute or a law enforcement issue, and those are the things that should be done with judicial oversight.
The immunity provision in Bill C-13 obviously plays a big role. In our view. If the provision in Bill S-4 passes, there is an incentive for companies to hand over more information both to law enforcement and to others requesting information. We think the incentive should be going the other way.