Finance committee  That is correct.

Finance committee  Absolutely. If we cannot build companies of scale, we cannot compete globally.

Finance committee  I think it would. The impact is obviously there; you're right.

Finance committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank you to the panellists for inviting us. ITAC represents the ICT sector. In our case we represent over 325 companies across Canada, and 80% of our members are what you call small and medium-sized businesses. With respect to the jobs, growth, and inn

Information & Ethics committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I think the main question I would frame for them, given today's discussion, is what they are doing from a technology point of view to provide control. At the end of the day, all of the things we talk about come down to the element of control at the user end

Information & Ethics committee  Thank you.

Information & Ethics committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Do you want me to give a closing comment or answer the question?

Information & Ethics committee  Okay. I think the points are very valid. The issues are very serious in the arena of what is going on with young people and how vulnerable they are. Most of the industries take this very seriously. Several innovative technologies are being talked about within the industry, regar

Information & Ethics committee  I think when the original PIPEDA was passed by the legislature, we did go on record as part of the industry sector that agreed with the overall position of full disclosure on any of the major issues or breaches that came up. Now, in Bill C-12 they are looking at an amendment. W

Information & Ethics committee  Thank you for your question. I think a comprehensive digital society is probably at the very core of a lot of these issues. It's not only the social media; you're talking about e-commerce and you're talking about mobile technology. By and large, we are dealing in a global arena

Information & Ethics committee  No, that's not what I'm saying. What I'm saying is that, first of all, this is an industry at a very early, nascent stage, and things that are unfolding and innovations that are taking place are happening very rapidly. Often we don't know what's going to happen tomorrow or in two

Information & Ethics committee  When you ask for more power, we need to understand what that is.

Information & Ethics committee  At this stage, most of our membership's comments about dealing with the Privacy Commissioner have been that they feel it is actually working well, because they are engaged. The Office of the Privacy Commissioner is quite engaged with the industry in regular conversation and dialo

Information & Ethics committee  It is possible. My suggestion and my response would be that it would probably be useful to have that dialogue with the actors around the table. Most of the credible organizations that are our members would be happy to sit down with the Privacy Commissioner to have the conversatio

Information & Ethics committee  No, not today. The way we see it, it is a big part of the broader ecosystem. We believe that the message and the education needs to be pretty deep in all parts of the country and in every sector. We're going to be talking to the Privacy Commissioner's office. We are proposing a v