Information & Ethics committee  Thank you.

Information & Ethics committee  Under the way things are right now, the Privacy Commissioner is not involved in our investigations at all.

Information & Ethics committee  The information commissioners, over the last 34 years, have interpreted, applied, and made recommendations in relation to the application of the personal exemption contained in the Access to Information Act.

Information & Ethics committee  There is one case....

Information & Ethics committee  I have to qualify that. There is a reason that I decided to take that case to court. It's because we had several cases with the same complainant in relation to the same information with several institutions, and we were unable to resolve the matter until we got a determination fr

Information & Ethics committee  That's under my mandate, the one that I know.

Information & Ethics committee  That's the one that I know.

Information & Ethics committee  We can provide that information, for sure.

Information & Ethics committee  The Privacy Commissioner could have intervened in that case under the current regime.

Information & Ethics committee  Exactly.

Information & Ethics committee  Correct. Bill C-58 does provide for the Information Commissioner to be notified if there is to be a recommendation that will become an order. It gives them time to actually decide whether or not to challenge the decision in the Federal Court, which is exactly the same regime that

Information & Ethics committee  Of course.

Information & Ethics committee  The greater consideration for me as a regulator is to ensure that when I make a determination on an issue, I apply the provision that is provided for in the act as it has been interpreted by the case law over the last 34 years.

Information & Ethics committee  That is the actual answer. That is the actual answer, Mr. Chair.

Information & Ethics committee  It's the same. What I'm saying is that I am a regulator who has to apply the law. In the law.... For instance, if you asked me the same question in relation to national security, asking me which is my greatest consideration, the disclosure of information related to national secur