Information & Ethics committee  Ease of retrieval is a moving target. Think of the history of libraries and how arduous it used to be look something up. At one time they had card catalogues, so you had to look it up and then wander through and find your book. Things are changing every decade in terms of how eas

Information & Ethics committee  We have speculated that to some extent, for some of the low-hanging fruit, there could be a regime where, if it's a clear case of a minor and unfortunate photographs, this would not require any sort of assessment or an order, but in any other situation where it is more complex an

Information & Ethics committee  Over time, there will be less of a distinction, and really, for digital citizens to have equitable access, one would hope that everything would be available online unless there is some specific reason, a privacy-based reason, for it not to be. Again, the delisting, as opposed to

Information & Ethics committee  Susan can maybe say more on this. In the government's open government initiative, the philosophy is that everything is open by default.

Information & Ethics committee  But I think the same philosophy can apply unless there is a privacy issue.

Information & Ethics committee  In terms of how our colleagues in Europe are reacting, there are discussions and studies under way under the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions. They have done a survey, country by country, of how this unfolds. In general, somewhere between what's

Information & Ethics committee  I'm going to pass this to my colleague Susan.

Information & Ethics committee  Good afternoon. Thank you for the opportunity to speak to the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics during your hearings on the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act. My name is Donna Bourne-Tyson. I am the university librarian