Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister of Industry. The information highway project will increase the pooling of data banks holding personal information of all kinds and disclosure of that information to governments, businesses and institutions.
May I remind you, Mr. Speaker, that privacy is not yet a fundamental right entrenched in the Charter of Rights and Freedoms?
Given that there is no federal legislation protecting the confidentiality of personal data held by private businesses, can the Minister of Industry tell us what concrete action his department intends to take to address this problem which will likely get worse with the implementation of the information highway?