This bill will amend the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act with respect to compliance orders, and also with respect to loss of information. Portions of this bill are already in Bill C-12, which is a government-sponsored bill, but there are also elements of Bill C-475 that are not in Bill C-12.
Based on the fact that there some elements in Bill C-475 that are not in Bill C-12, this bill, even if Bill C-12 is adopted, could nonetheless itself proceed and on its own amend the law. So I suggest that it is not substantially similar to Bill C-12.