Finance committee  Thank you for your question. The approach that the government has taken recently in thinking about the overall supply of labour has indicated that we really need to focus on domestic talent and the transition to a new digital economy, an economy that expects people to be comfor

Information & Ethics committee  For us as government, I would say we should take immediate measures to engage with the European Commission and get them started in thinking about Canada. We need to ensure that they fully understand what Canada's privacy regime looks like. I wouldn't say they have spent a signifi

Information & Ethics committee  That's an interesting question. I would say I think they have to go hand in hand because the idea of having a regime that is internationally interoperable is critically important. I think many jurisdictions are increasing their focus on privacy protection for data, because of t

Information & Ethics committee  I would say lots of businesses understand. The data-savvy businesses definitely are ready. We have regular conversations with business where they are coming in and asking us the status of our adequacy standing. I would note that our adequacy standing does not change the date tha

Information & Ethics committee  I think it is probably true that we can't be complacent about what our privacy regime looks like. We know where the Europeans have gone is very citizen-oriented. It creates new rights for citizens. It creates new obligations for organizations that host data, collect data, and use

Information & Ethics committee  I think there's a lot of discussion around whether or not the Office of the Privacy Commissioner has enough tools in his tool kit to do his job effectively. I think any eventual next review of PIPEDA should focus on that question about the mandate and structure of the Office of t

Information & Ethics committee  I think that understanding the consent model will be absolutely fundamental to ensuring that PIPEDA stays relevant and current. As for what that means in terms of whether it's changes to the act or work that the Office of the Privacy Commissioner could be doing, for example, are

Information & Ethics committee  Yes, I would absolutely agree that consent is one of the core areas and needs to be given considerable review, but I wouldn't want to leave the impression that the piece of legislation we're working with currently or the tools that exist are insufficient. I think one of the stren

Information & Ethics committee  We haven't launched a formal review of the act at this point. It recently went under its five-year review. The changes have been implemented, getting the act updated. The data breach reporting regulations are clearly a priority. I would suggest at this point that work going on a

Information & Ethics committee  I mean mandatory data breach reporting, the compliance regime, the compliance agreements that the Office of the Privacy Commissioner can enter into, fine tuning for consent. For example, the idea that if you're selling to children or providing a service such as an app or a game t

Information & Ethics committee  At this point, it's not so much areas of concern as trying to understand where the EU would like to focus what it's doing. I think the European Commission and the EU rules definitely take a very citizen-oriented approach to data protection. It is very clear that with thoughts abo

Information & Ethics committee  There are no challenges specifically. Part of the timing issue, though, was the election in that period, which required that we stand down on any consultations. This was an area where we wanted to make sure we did very full consultations, so we have been able to get out a lot. Ac

Information & Ethics committee  I agree. I would assume that maybe we'll come back to that. I think that we're maybe a lot in the same boat that this requires more thought and study. It's a challenging issue, and there are a number of principles that need to be applied. You're very right about the issues around

Information & Ethics committee  We've had a lot of success with PIPEDA and with the model that we have with the Office of the Privacy Commissioner. It was established as an ombudsman model and was very much an education-first, collaborative organization that worked with businesses and individuals that had conce

Information & Ethics committee  It think it's one of the most important things that businesses are focusing on right now, and there's interest in knowing exactly what will be coming. The EU has indicated that they will be looking to review Canada. They have not launched any kind of formal process at this poin