Industry committee  I'll jump in with a short example here. There are circumstances in which pieces of information, such as purchase data, might not necessarily be considered sensitive in a given context but might in another context—for example, an individual purchasing food items or health product

Industry committee  Thanks very much. Just to follow up on Mr. Schaan's points, the way we read CPC-7, it would establish very broad categories for sensitive information that go beyond what is currently contained in the EU's GDPR or found in the Privacy Commissioner's own bulletin on sensitive info

Industry committee  I think it's important to recognize as well that the formulation of the list can be done in a way that unintentionally narrows. In this case what we're looking at specifically, in addition to the issues that Mr. Schaan mentioned, is that it might unintentionally reduce the range

Industry committee  For greater certainty here, I think the privacy commissioners, both the previous and the current, have focused on section 44, because there's a potential.... Our assessment of the approach that's been taken is that it would not cause any further risk or issue if proposed sections

Industry committee  I'll just put a finer point on it. If I understood your question correctly, MP Masse, you were asking whether including or not including those other sections in the reference would change the definition of “lawful authority”. The answer is that it would not. I don't believe the

Industry committee  I think it's important to recognize that de-identification and anonymization techniques live on a spectrum. Anonymization is at the far extreme end. De-identification is something far more simple. The committee in its earlier deliberations today referenced some cases that go bac

Industry committee  The purpose of proposed section 122 is, under the regulations and general provisions of the act, to set out the requirements by which the Governor in Council may make regulations for carrying out the purposes of the act.

Industry committee  I apologize. I can say that again. Proposed subsection 122(1) specifies how the Governor in Council may make regulations for carrying out the purposes of the act, and the recitals following that cover off the conditions that must be met and how you would go about doing that. Pr

Industry committee  The act currently reads in the section, “the schedule to this Act”. The Department of Justice has recommended, for more clarity and better reading, to emphasize the “Schedule 1 to this Act”. The addition here the numeral “1”, just for precision.

Industry committee  My understanding from the DOJ is that it's simply for precision and clarity to ensure there's no unnecessary ambiguity with the reading of the act.

Industry committee  I appreciate where you're coming from. In effect, once and if Bill C-27 passes, AIDA would become its own stand-alone piece of legislation. As well, the CPPA would become its own stand-alone piece of legislation. The two schedules would not interact with one another. This is pu

Finance committee  Thank you for the question. I think there's a long-standing history in evidence-based economic research that demonstrates that enhanced competition across the economy does result in greater consumer choice, as well as improved price competition and lower prices for consumers. T

Finance committee  Thank you for the question. Given that the Competition Act applies broadly across all markets in all sectors in Canada, it's impossible to estimate what kind of price reduction would happen across the board. The number of sectors, the number of competitive dynamics at play and t

Finance committee  Again, just to be clear, the Competition Act is a broad framework act of general application. Its implications in change are very well founded in terms of economic research that demonstrates that increased competition does drive lower prices over time and does increase consumer c

Industry committee  I'll just add to Mark's point that the administrative monetary penalties and the offence penalties I just identified would be the highest in the world, so I think we see them as very significant and meaningful potential financial hurdles.