Data-protection bill needs to be on parliamentary agenda this session, says privacy-law expert

'People have also been clamouring for significant penalties, which don’t exist in Canada,' says David Fraser. 'But one thing that was clear with C-11 is that it didn’t make anyone happy.'

As the Liberals set up their agenda, now is the time for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government to reintroduce—and Parliament to enact—legislation that would provide a digital update to a law passed more than two decades ago that governed how companies collect, use, and disclose personal information.The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

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BY CHRISTOPHER GULY

October 27, 2021

During the 2019 federal election campaign, the governing Liberals committed to implementing Canada’s newly launched Digital Charter and its 10 principles that include assuring Canadians of “the integrity, authenticity, and security” of the digital services that they use, and that Canadians wou...

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