Thank you, Mr. Chair.
This is adding to the powers of the Governor in Council, as found on page 6 under the heading of that name. It clarifies proposed section 10 by adding a paragraph (d) immediately after the words, “respecting the manner in which those records are kept and retained”. My amendment is that the Governor in Council would also establish “responsibility within each...institution for review of the necessity, proportionality and reliability of information and for reporting at prescribed intervals to the Privacy Commissioner”.
Since other efforts have been defeated, this is one that is quite straight forward. Every institution in the Government of Canada should be able to review the information. It's already made the determination to share it. This would be to review whether it was maintaining the proper principles involved, of “necessity, proportionality and reliability”, and also ensure it is reporting at regular intervals to the Privacy Commissioner.
I submit this for the committee's consideration.