Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to speak today on Bill C-54 concerning electronic commerce.
First of all, let me read the title of the bill. It is highly important in this debate, because it sets out the main goals of Bill-54. The title reads as follows:
An Act to support and promote electronic commerce by protecting personal information that is collected, used or disclosed in certain circumstances, by providing for the use of electronic means to communicate or record information or transactions and by amending the Canada Evidence Act, the Statutory Instruments Act and the Statute Revision Act.
Members will have realized that this bill promotes the development of electronic commerce instead of the protection of personal information.