Procedure and House Affairs committee  Well, keep in mind that PIPEDA and substantially similar legislation in the provinces exempts journalistic activities from the application of PIPEDA, so that would apply to La Presse with respect to their collection, use, and disclosure of information for journalistic purposes. W

Information & Ethics committee  I'm not sure I have much to add to that point. It's a difficult question. I think it ties back to the commissioner's recommendation that Parliament look at these issues and at the balance between freedom of expression and privacy interests. That may speak to additional criteria b

Information & Ethics committee  I think the position in the paper is that there's a balance when what's at issue are comments that someone else has posted about you, because it's not just your personal information that you've posted; it's someone else's views. They have some expressive rights, so it can't be an

Industry committee  I think your question is dealing with the specific consent provisions that the CRTC enforces in relation to proving that they have obtained consent for the—

Industry committee  I'm not sure we would have a comment on those specific rules. As the commissioner has said, the general rule for storing personal information is to keep it only as long as necessary, and that could be because of legal requirements.

Industry committee  I think the idea is just to make sure that PIPEDA remains the baseline protection for personal information for consumers. CASL is meant to provide extra additional requirements. PIPEDA is the baseline.