Thank you, Minister and officials.
Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Minister, last week the Privacy Commissioner testified that the bill is lacking some key privacy safeguards, including inconsistent proportionality tests included in proposed subsection 15.2(3) but not elsewhere in the bill. There is no requirement for his office to be notified when the Communications Security Establishment...when there's a cyber-breach that threatens Canadians' private information.
I find these omissions from the bill concerning, so my first question is, will the officials provide, in writing to this committee, the reasons the proportionality test is not included throughout the bill but only in that one section?
Second, to the minister, for today, do you believe that the Privacy Commissioner's concerns have merit, and should they be included in amendments to the bill?