Setting up digital ID regime could provide boost to post-pandemic recovery

There is no clear policy directive in Bill C-11 that allows Canadians to understand what they can expect in terms of accessing the data the federal public service has regarding them.

Innovation Minister François-Philippe Champagne is facing calls to ensure the feds' legislation to implement a digital charter includes public-sector data subject to the legislation.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY JONI BRENNAN AND ANTOINE NORMAND

April 21, 2021

If the global pandemic has shown us anything, it’s that the need for reliable and secure data is paramount as businesses, governments, and Canadians from Vancouver to Quebec City to Charlottetown and everywhere in between move online.

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