Information & Ethics committee  I sent it to the industry committee. I apologize if I misspoke.

Information & Ethics committee  I'm in the hands of the committee. I think the submission has been made public. We've made it public on our website, so it's publicly available anyway.

Information & Ethics committee  Okay.

Information & Ethics committee  It is hard to say because it obviously depends on how the investigation unfolds. We launched the investigation in February this year and my objective is to finish it no later than next February. We want to complete it as soon as possible, but we also want to do it properly as well.

Information & Ethics committee  No, I don't. I can't use it under the directive, but I didn't use it before either.

Information & Ethics committee  We received additional financial support in the last budget in connection with Bill C-27 so that we can do the work to prepare for the coming into force of this bill, if Parliament decides to pass it. That is a good thing, as I mentioned. If this bill is passed as it now stands, we expect my office to have additional responsibilities, for example, the authority to make orders and to recommend financial penalties.

Information & Ethics committee  We made recommendations to the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics and those recommendations were made public this week. In our opinion, the bill is a step in the right direction, but it needs to be improved. We made 15 key recommendations that we feel are very important.

Information & Ethics committee  Thank you, Mr. Fergus. The Government of Canada and others have taken—

Information & Ethics committee  Thank you for your question, Mr. Fergus. Indeed, the Government of Canada and other governments have decided to ban the use of TikTok on their devices for security and privacy reasons. For my part, at the Commissioner's Office, I announced in February that I was launching an investigation with my provincial counterparts in Quebec, British Columbia and Alberta to verify whether TikTok's practices are consistent with privacy requirements, including when it comes to required consent, understanding and explanations, especially regarding young people.

Information & Ethics committee  Yes, absolutely. In fact, this is allowed under the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act, which applies to the private sector. We are working with privacy commissioners from other countries and we are playing a leadership role with them in the international community.

Information & Ethics committee  I am focusing on my jurisdiction as Privacy Commissioner. We concluded that we need to determine whether we are adequately protecting the personal information of Canadians and young people. When the investigation is over, we will make it public and, if necessary, make recommendations.

Information & Ethics committee  Good morning, Mr. Chair and committee members. I am pleased to be here today with my colleague Caroline Maynard, Information Commissioner of Canada, to discuss the main estimates for the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada for the fiscal year 2023-24. As Privacy Commissioner of Canada, I am responsible for protecting and promoting the privacy rights of Canadians in the public and private sectors.

Information & Ethics committee  It's important that there be oversight of the use of those tools. Those tools are intrusive. They have access to the private information of Canadians, so that's why Parliament has put in place judicial authorization regimes. That's why we have the charter, all of these limits, for the fundamental rights of Canadians.

Information & Ethics committee  What I think it shows is that in Canada Parliament has taken steps to put in safeguards on the use of this information. It's important that these safeguards exist because of the impact that this technology, these tools, can have on citizens and on fundamental rights.

Information & Ethics committee  In this instance, what I'm saying is that there is a process to do a privacy impact assessment on the use of new tools.