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MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS

Meeting No. 23

Monday, December 11, 2006

The Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics met at 3:31 p.m. this day, in Room 371, West Block, the Chair, Tom Wappel, presiding.

Members of the Committee present: Sukh Dhaliwal, Jason Kenney, Carole Lavallée, Hon. Jim Peterson, Bruce Stanton, David Tilson, Dave Van Kesteren, Mike Wallace, Tom Wappel and Paul Zed.

Acting Members present: Louis Plamondon for Jean-Yves Laforest.

In attendance: Library of Parliament: Nancy Holmes, Analyst ; Kristen Douglas, Analyst.

Witnesses: Information Technology Association of Canada: Bernard A. Courtois, President and Chief Executive Officer; Ariane Siegel, Lawyer. As an individual: Ian Kerr, Canada Research Chair in Ethics, Law and Technology, University of Ottawa. Canadian Bar Association: Brian Bowman, Chair, National Privacy and Access Law Section; Tamra Thomson, Director, Legislation and Law Reform.

Pursuant to the Order of Reference of Tuesday, April 25 and section 29 of the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act, the Committee resumed the statutory review of the Act.

The witnesses made statements and answered questions.

The Committee proceeded to the consideration of matters related to Committee business.

The Chair presented the Third Report from the Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure which read as follows:

Your Subcommittee met on 5 December 2006, to consider the business of the Committee and agreed to make the following recommendations:

1. That the Committee invite Robert Marleau, nominated as the new Information Commissioner, to the meeting scheduled for January 30, 2007.

2. That the Committee continue its review of PIPEDA in 2007 with witnesses from the consumer and privacy advocates sector, the business sector and the employment sector; that the Privacy Commissioner and the Minister of Industry be invited to appear; that the Committee finish public hearings on February 15 (if possible); that staff prepare an options / issues paper for the meeting of February 27 and that the Committee consider a draft report beginning March 20, 2007.

On motion of Mike Wallace, it was agreed, — That paragraph 1 be amended to read: December 12, 2006.

On motion of Mike Wallace, it was agreed, — That the Third report of the Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure, as amended, be concurred in.

At 5:30 p.m., the Committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.

Richard Rumas
Clerk of the Committee

2007/10/24 10:15 a.m.