Information & Ethics committee  Not yet. They have not submitted a specific project to us.

Information & Ethics committee  Of course, like everyone else. We are staying informed. We have noted that various initiatives have been taken throughout the government. However, we have not yet been officially provided with a project on open government.

Information & Ethics committee  Thank you. There is actually a Treasury Board directive that makes it mandatory for departments to develop privacy impact assessments for any project or initiative that has implications for the holding of personal data. Those Privacy Act assessments are submitted to our office,

Information & Ethics committee  Actually, this was at our federal-provincial-territorial meeting last September in Whitehorse. The discussion was very much focused on open government, very much focused on the fact that it was spreading, so to speak, and that it has become the new way to relate to citizens. Alon

Information & Ethics committee  We are not, specifically, but we work very closely with the Treasury Board Secretariat and therefore with the CIO's office. We expect any development in that area to be supported by a privacy impact assessment. We review privacy impact assessments thoroughly and make recommendati

Information & Ethics committee  At this point I'm saying our office is working with the Treasury Board Secretariat, and it has been working with individual departments every time they develop a program or an initiative that can have implications for the handling of personal information.

Information & Ethics committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Ms. Stoddart sends her sincerest apologies. She would have really liked to be here today. I would like to begin by applauding the committee for addressing the highly relevant, topical issue of privacy in the context of open government. As we plead for gre

Transport committee  I would say that we are proactive and reactive, depending on what it is we need to do. As far as audits are concerned, we are proactive. We decide to conduct an audit based on any risk we have identified. We decided to conduct an audit of the passenger protect program because we

Transport committee  I have to say that I was not around when the passenger protect program was brought in, but I was there when the full body scanners were approved. In fact, we did sit down with them and have discussions. We had a document to evaluate issues related to privacy. Indeed, if you are i

Transport committee  First of all, we would leave it in the hands of the aviation security authorities to come up with a program. They would submit to us a privacy impact assessment, which is an analysis of how their program ensures a proper balance with privacy. Our function would be to review that

Transport committee  Yes, but I understood that.... Well, perhaps Mr. Baggaley can speak to that. I thought you were...of the new program.

Transport committee  First of all, we have already been told that should such a program be instituted in Canada, it would be submitted to us with a privacy impact assessment. We would therefore look at how it's built according to Canadian law for the protection of the right to privacy.

Transport committee  We can only do the review of privacy impact assessments of Canadian government measures. Here, on Secure Flight, we're going further, because even though it is not within our jurisdiction, we feel that the rights of Canadians will be affected and, therefore, that Canada must do a

Transport committee  What we collect is strictly what is necessary to fulfill the objectives of the program. That's the framework. We collect not one piece of information more than what is actually needed to fulfill those objectives. Once you have collected the information, you must ensure that it

Transport committee  Our office does audits, as we did for the passenger protect program, precisely for that reason. As I stated earlier, first and foremost, we will require justification for the invasion of privacy. Why do you need this information? How is it proportionate to your objective? Once y