Ms. Patricia Kosseim at the Justice and Human Rights Committee

Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you for the question.

There are two competing views on the impact of the immunity clause. One is that it is inserted for greater certainty and in fact doesn't change anything. On the other hand, a competing view is the question that is before the Supreme Court right now, and that is whether this immunity clause in its current form creates a new source of lawful authority for the purposes of PIPEDA, our enabling legislation.