41st Parliament – 2020
Parliamentary Committee Proceedings
Personal Information Protection Act Review Special Committee

SUBJECT-SPEAKER INDEX
speeches by Members, committee staff and witnesses; topics raised
References are linked to time stamps in the transcript: e.g., 73B:1435 = Issue 73, 2:35 p.m.

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Page, Doug

Municipal Affairs and Housing Ministry
briefing to committee 8:0935-0950
Personal Information Protection Act
provisions on disclosure of information 8:0940-0945
Strata property
disclosure of information
guideline change and privacy issues 8:0935-0950
strata corporations 8:0935
Strata Property Act
provisions on disclosure of information 8:0935-0950
Paish, Sue

Presentation to committee on behalf of Canada's Digital Technology Supercluster 7:0940-1000, 7:1010-1020, 7:1030-1055
COVID-19 (Coronavirus disease) pandemic
impact
privacy and contact tracing 7:1050
Denham, Elizabeth, work on privacy legislation and presentation to committee 7:0950, 7:1000
Economy
digital economy 7:0940-0950
Europe
European Union data protection directive 7:1055
General Data Protection Regulation
legislation and impact 7:0950, 7:1035, 7:1055
High-technology industry
digital technology, development 7:0940-1000
Information and communications technology
digital superclusters
projects and partnerships 7:0945, 7:0955, 7:1040
role in economy 7:0940-0945
Personal Information Protection Act
amendments and modernization 7:0945-0950
review timeline 7:1030
Privacy
breaches
mandatory and voluntary reporting 7:1020
collection and use of personal information
consent and informed consent 7:1050
legislation
adequacy status 7:0950, 7:1055
application 7:0945-0950
application to private sector 7:1035-1045
global standards 7:0950, 7:1035
harmonization 7:0950-1000, 7:1010-1015, 7:1035, 7:1055
national approach 7:0945
regulatory sandbox and collaborative regulation proposal 7:0955
stakeholder consultation and support 7:1040-1045
role of information and communications technology
role 7:0945-0950
transborder data flows 7:0950-0955
Pelletier, Gabriel

Presentation to committee on behalf of Block Watch Society of B.C. 6:1615-1625
Block Watch Society of B.C.
programs and compliance with privacy legislation 6:1615-1625
Safety
public safety, neighbourhood watches and compliance with privacy legislation 6:1615-1625
Perrin, Stephanie

Presentation to committee on behalf of Digital Discretion Inc. 4:1550-1605
Canadian Institute for Health Information
data trust model 4:1600
General Data Protection Regulation
legislation and impact 4:1555
Information and Privacy Commissioner
powers and role 4:1600
Loukidelis, David
work as Information and Privacy Commissioner 4:1600
Personal Information Protection Act
relationship to federal privacy legislation 4:1550-1600
Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (federal)
development of legislation 4:1550-1555
Privacy
collection and use of personal information
consent 4:1600
legislation
application to private sector 4:1555
harmonization 4:1550-1600
role of information and communications technology
data trusts 4:1600
transborder data flows and storage 4:1555-1600
Personal information privacy See Privacy
Personal Information Protection Act

Amendments (Gioventu, T.) 4:1435 (Thomson) 4:1435 (Weaver, A.) 5:1600-1610 (Woywada, J.) 4:1540-1545
Amendments and modernization (Bennett, C.) 4:1500-1515 (Denham, E.) 6:1405-1440 (McEvoy, M.) 8:1045-1100 (Paish, S.) 7:0945-0950 (Reed, M.) 8:1010 (Sing, M.) 4:1405 (Thomson) 4:1500 (Tipping, J.) 7:1000-1010
Amendments, consultation process (Gutiu, S.) 5:1435
Amendments, inclusion of mandatory breach notification (Gutiu, S.) 5:1430
Application (Reed, M.) 3:1410-1415
Development of legislation (Reed, M.) 3:1410-1420
Language, inclusive language (Reed, M.) 8:1025-1030
Modernization (McEvoy, M.) 3:1510-1530
Principles (Reed, M.) 3:1420-1440
Provisions (Sourial, S.) 1:1230-1235
Provisions on de-identification of information (Singh, R.) 5:1610 (Weaver, A.) 5:1610
Provisions on disclosure of information (Page, D.) 8:0940-0945
Relationship to federal privacy legislation See also Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (federal)
(Perrin, S.) 4:1550-1600 (Sing, M.) 4:1405
Relationship to other privacy legislation (Reed, M.) 3:1410-1420
Review committee See Personal Information Protection Act Review Special Committee
Review timeline (Ashton) 6:1435, 7:1030 (Denham, E.) 6:1435 (Elmore) 4:1415 (Paish, S.) 7:1030 (Sing, M.) 4:1410-1415
Scope (McEvoy, M.) 3:1530
Personal Information Protection Act Review Special Committee

Briefings (Singh) 3:1405
Consultation process and stakeholders (Ashton) 1:1235 (Elmore) 1:1235 (Sourial, S.) 1:1235 (Thomson) 1:1235-1240
Election of Chair and Deputy Chair (Ashton) 1:1230 (Elmore) 1:1230 (Singh) 1:1230 (Sourial, S.) 1:1230 (Thomson) 1:1230
In-camera proceedings, motions to move in camera See Motions and resolutions
Motions and resolutions See Motions and resolutions
Recommendations, previous recommendations and activities (Sourial, S.) 1:1230-1235
Recommendations, scope (Thomson) 5:1625
Request to Information and Privacy Commissioner (Singh) 4:1605 (Sourial, S.) 4:1440 (Thomson) 4:1605
Submissions
database (Sourial, S.) 6:1630
overview (Reed, M.) 8:1005
review (Singh) 8:1115 (Sourial, S.) 8:1115
themes (McEvoy, M.) 8:1045
written submissions (Thomson) 6:1630
Work of committee
impact of potential general election (Ashton) 8:1115 (Sourial, S.) 8:1115
members and staff thanked (Singh) 4:1610
staff thanked (Ashton) 8:1115 (Singh) 8:1115
workplan (Ashton) 1:1235 (Elmore) 1:1235 (Singh) 1:1235-1240, 2:1005 (Sourial, S.) 1:1230-1240 (Thomson) 1:1235-1240
Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (federal)

Amendments (Bennett, C.) 4:1500 (McEvoy, M.) 3:1530 (Reed, M.) 3:1445 (Thomson) 3:1530
Amendments and modernization (Reed, M.) 8:1010-1015, 8:1030
Application (Reed, M.) 3:1410-1420
Development of legislation (Perrin, S.) 4:1550-1555
Relationship to provincial legislation (Buchanan, J.) 6:1530 (Reed, M.) 3:1445
PIAs See Privacy impact assessments under Privacy
PIPA See Personal Information Protection Act
PIPEDA See Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (federal)
PMPs See Privacy management programs under Privacy
Police and policing

Community safety See Public safety under Safety
Politics and politicians

Political parties, privacy issues (Woywada, J.) 4:1545
Pridmore, Kerry

Citizens' Services Ministry
briefing to committee 3:1405, 3:1455, 8:1005, 8:1040
Information and Privacy Commissioner
recommendations to committee on privacy legislation 3:1455
Privacy

Access to personal information See Personal information below
Artificial intelligence See Role of information and communications technology below
Automated decision-making See Role of information and communications technology below
Breaches
breaches (McEvoy, M.) 3:1515-1525 (Reed, M.) 3:1440
complaints and investigation See Privacy complaint and investigation process below; Investigation of privacy breaches and complaints under Information and Privacy Commissioner
mandatory and voluntary reporting (Bennett, C.) 4:1455-1500 (Buchanan, J.) 6:1535 (Denham, E.) 6:1415-1420, 6:1430-1435 (Gutiu, S.) 5:1430 (McEvoy, M.) 3:1515-1525, 3:1535-1540, 8:1045-1050 (Olsen) 3:1450 (Paish, S.) 7:1020 (Ratjen, S.) 5:1500 (Reed, M.) 3:1450, 8:1025 (Singh) 3:1540 (Thomson) 3:1445, 3:1535, 6:1430-1435, 7:1020 (Weaver, A.) 5:1600 (Woywada, J.) 4:1540
notification See mandatory and voluntary reporting above
Collection and use of personal information See also Personal information; Protection of personal information below
accountability and transparency (Brisson-Boivin, K.) 5:1555 (Johnson, M.) 5:1555
anonymization of data See de-identification of data below
business closings and retention or destruction of information (Ashton) 3:1450 (Reed, M.) 3:1450
collection and use (Bennett, C.) 4:1455-1515 (Brisson-Boivin, K.) 5:1540-1545 (Johnson, M.) 5:1550 (McEvoy, M.) 3:1520 (Olsen) 3:1540, 5:1420-1425, 5:1550 (Raddysh, G.) 4:1440-1445 (Reed, M.) 3:1410-1415 (Silvester, J.) 5:1415-1425
collection and use by employers (Charron, P.) 5:1520 (Elmore) 5:1505 (Matulewicz, K.) 5:1520-1525 (Micu, A.) 5:1525-1530 (Ratjen, S.) 5:1455-1510
consent (Brisson-Boivin, K.) 5:1540-1545 (Gutiu, S.) 5:1445 (McEvoy, M.) 3:1520, 8:1050-1055 (Perrin, S.) 4:1600 (Reed, M.) 3:1425, 8:1005-1010 (Searle, K.) 6:1445
consent across multiple jurisdictions (Silvester, J.) 5:1410
consent and informed consent (Olsen) 5:1420-1425 (Paish, S.) 7:1050 (Ratjen, S.) 5:1455-1500 (Silvester, J.) 5:1425
consent and retroactive withdrawal (Thomson) 5:1550-1555
consent and streamlining of information (Ashton) 7:1030 (Elmore) 7:1025-1030 (Olsen) 7:1040 (Tipping, J.) 7:1005, 7:1025-1030
consent, grandparenting of consent (Buchanan, J.) 6:1535-1540 (Olsen) 6:1540-1545
de-identification of data (Elmore) 7:1020 (Singh, R.) 5:1610 (Tipping, J.) 7:1005, 7:1025 (Weaver, A.) 5:1600-1610
disaggregated data on race and ethnicity (Elmore) 5:1610-1615 (Weaver, A.) 5:1610-1615
employee information See collection and use by employers above; Workers
information from third parties (Woywada, J.) 4:1545
limits (Reed, M.) 3:1430
openness and transparency (Reed, M.) 3:1435 (Woywada, J.) 4:1540-1545
personal devices used for work purposes See Workers
purpose (Reed, M.) 3:1425
transborder data flows and storage See Role of information and communications technology below
user agreements (Olsen) 4:1505-1515
Commissioner See Information and Privacy Commissioner
Compliance and enforcement
audit proposal (Craig, Z.) 6:1455 (Sing, M.) 4:1410 (Woywada, J.) 4:1545
compliance and enforcement (Reed, M.) 3:1415 (Sing, M.) 4:1405-1410
fines See monetary penalties below
interjurisdictional issues (Denham, E.) 6:1410-1415
monetary penalties (Bennett, C.) 4:1500 (Denham, E.) 6:1420-1425 (McEvoy, M.) 3:1515, 3:1525, 3:1535-1540, 8:1055-1100 (McLeod, D.) 6:1515, 6:1520 (Olsen) 3:1450 (Reed, M.) 8:1025 (Woywada, J.) 4:1545
proactive enforcement and penalties (Charron, P.) 5:1520
COVID-19 impact See COVID-19 (Coronavirus disease) pandemic
Data trusts See Role of information and communications technology below
Disclosure of personal information
information-sharing in domestic violence cases (Reed, M.) 8:1030
limits (Reed, M.) 3:1430
Facial recognition technology See Role of information and communications technology below
Legislation See also Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act; Personal Information Protection Act; Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (federal)
adequacy status (Paish, S.) 7:0950, 7:1055 (Reed, M.) 8:1015 (Singh) 7:1050 (Tipping, J.) 7:1010
application (Paish, S.) 7:0945-0950 (Reed, M.) 3:1410-1420, 8:1020
application and areas not covered (Reed, M.) 3:1420
application and coverage (Bennett, C.) 4:1455 (McEvoy, M.) 3:1520-1530 (Olsen) 3:1450-1455, 3:1535-1540 (Reed, M.) 3:1445 (Thomson) 3:1445 (Woywada, J.) 4:1540-1545
application to political parties See Political parties under Politics and politicians
application to private companies providing public services (Woywada, J.) 4:1545
application to private sector (Ashton) 7:1035 (Bennett, C.) 4:1455-1500 (Buchanan, J.) 6:1530-1540 (Denham, E.) 6:1410-1435 (McEvoy, M.) 3:1510-1530 (Olsen) 7:1035-1040 (Paish, S.) 7:1035-1045 (Perrin, S.) 4:1555 (Reed, M.) 3:1415, 8:1015-1025 (Silvester, J.) 5:1415-1420 (Sing, M.) 4:1405-1410 (Thomson) 6:1430, 7:1020 (Tipping, J.) 7:1035
application to public and non-profit sectors (Reed, M.) 3:1415
application to strata property See Strata property
application to telepractice See Health care system
balance between interests of privacy and business (Reed, M.) 3:1410, 3:1420
changes and transition (Buchanan, J.) 6:1535-1545 (Olsen) 6:1540-1545
current issues (Reed, M.) 3:1440-1445
definitions of information (Weaver, A.) 5:1610
development and history (Reed, M.) 3:1410-1420
federal legislation (Gutiu, S.) 5:1435
global standards (Paish, S.) 7:0950, 7:1035 (Tipping, J.) 7:1010
harmonization (Ashton) 7:1030, 8:1110 (Buchanan, J.) 6:1530-1540 (McEvoy, M.) 8:1045, 8:1105-1115 (Paish, S.) 7:0950-1000, 7:1010-1015, 7:1035, 7:1055 (Perrin, S.) 4:1550-1600 (Reed, M.) 8:1015, 8:1035 (Sing, M.) 4:1405 (Singh) 6:1540, 8:1030 (Thomson) 7:1010, 8:1105-1110 (Tipping, J.) 7:1030-1035
legislation (Krueger, A.) 4:1520-1525 (Reed, M.) 3:1410-1420 (Singh, R.) 5:1445-1450 (Thomson) 5:1625
national approach See also harmonization above
(Paish, S.) 7:0945
other jurisdictions (Denham, E.) 6:1410-1435 (Reed, M.) 3:1440-1445
other jurisdictions and application (Elmore) 5:1420, 5:1440 (Gutiu, S.) 5:1430-1440, 5:1450 (Silvester, J.) 5:1410-1420 (Thomson) 5:1415
principles (Reed, M.) 3:1420-1440
profiling controls (Denham, E.) 6:1425
protections for workers (Charron, P.) 5:1520, 5:1530 (Elmore) 5:1505, 5:1530 (Matulecwicz, K.) 5:1520-1525, 5:1535 (Micu, A.) 5:1525-1535 (Ratjen, S.) 5:1505-1510
purpose and economic imperative (Thomson) 7:1050
"reasonable person" standard (McEvoy, M.) 3:1520 (Reed, M.) 3:1410, 3:1445-1450 (Thomson) 3:1445
regulations (Tipping, J.) 7:1010
regulatory sandbox and collaborative regulation proposal (Olsen) 7:1040 (Paish, S.) 7:0955
right-to-be-forgotten provision (Johnson, M.) 5:1555
stakeholder consultation and support (Olsen) 7:1045 (Paish, S.) 7:1040-1045 (Tipping, J.) 7:1050
Personal health information See Health care system
Personal information See also Collection and use of personal information above; Protection of personal information; Requests for personal information below
access (Reed, M.) 3:1415-1420, 3:1435
access and exceptions (Reed, M.) 3:1435
access by public sector to information held by private community organizations (Weaver, A.) 5:1600
accuracy and corrections (Reed, M.) 3:1430-1440
definition (Reed, M.) 3:1420
employee personal information (Ratjen, S.) 5:1500-1505
opinions, coverage by privacy legislation See Legislation, application above
retention of information (Reed, M.) 3:1430
right of erasure (Johnson, M.) 5:1555
right of erasure and right of data portability (Buchanan, J.) 6:1535
role in information economy See Information economy under Economy
Privacy complaint and investigation process
proactive process (Ashton) 6:1435 (Denham, E.) 6:1435 (Elmore) 5:1530 (Micu, A.) 5:1535 (Woywada, J.) 4:1545
proactive process and time period (Charron, P.) 5:1520, 5:1530
process (Denham, E.) 6:1435 (Elmore) 5:1535, 6:1435 (McEvoy, M.) 8:1100 (Matulewicz, K.) 5:1535 (Reed, M.) 3:1440
role (Bennett, C.) 4:1500
role of Privacy Commissioner See Investigation of privacy breaches and complaints under Information and Privacy Commissioner
Privacy impact assessments (Woywada, J.) 4:1540
Privacy management programs (Reed, M.) 8:1020-1025
Privacy officers (Reed, M.) 3:1425 (Sing, M.) 4:1405-1410
Privacy officers, accreditation (Woywada, J.) 4:1540
Privacy policies (Reed, M.) 8:1020-1025
Protection of personal information
accountability (Reed, M.) 3:1425
breaches See Breaches above
guidelines and requirements (Reed, M.) 3:1410-1440
protection rights for government contractors (Weaver, A.) 5:1600
role of information and communications technology See Role of information and communications technology below
security (Reed, M.) 3:1430-1435
Public awareness and concerns (Bennett, C.) 4:1510-1515 (Olsen) 4:1515 (Reed, M.) 3:1440 (Sing, M.) 4:1405-1410 (Singh) 4:1515 (Woywada, J.) 4:1540
Public information and education
employer training program (Craig, Z.) 6:1455
guidance and public consultation (Buchanan, J.) 6:1535
information in workplaces (Micu, A.) 5:1530 (Olsen) 5:1535 (Singh, R.) 5:1535
online tools (Searle, K.) 6:1450
public information and education (Johnson, M.) 5:1555 (Olsen) 4:1605 (Reed, M.) 8:1020 (Silvester, J.) 5:1425 (Thomson) 5:1550-1555 (Woywada, J.) 4:1545
training program (Reed, M.) 8:1005
Requests for personal information
formats (McLeod, D.) 6:1515-1520
process (Olsen) 6:1520-1525 (Singh) 6:1520 (Thomson) 6:1525
process and legal issues (McLeod, D.) 6:1510-1525
response times (Woywada, J.) 4:1545
Role of information and communications technology
artificial intelligence (Denham, E.) 6:1425, 6:1435 (Elmore) 5:1440 (Gutiu, S.) 5:1430, 5:1440-1445 (McEvoy, M.) 3:1510 (Reed, M.) 8:1010
automated decision-making (McEvoy, M.) 8:1055 (Reed, M.) 8:1010 (Woywada, J.) 4:1545
data collection as business model (Johnson, M.) 5:1550 (Thomson) 5:1550-1555
data collection by websites (Silvester, J.) 5:1415
data trusts (Perrin, S.) 4:1600
employee and work product information issues See Workers
facial recognition technology (Raddysh, G.) 4:1440-1445
location tracking (Brisson-Boivin, K.) 5:1545
role (Bennett, C.) 4:1505-1515 (Brisson-Boivin, K.) 5:1540-1555 (Denham, E.) 6:1405-1415 (McEvoy, M.) 3:1515-1520, 8:1045 (Matulewicz, K.) 5:1520 (Olsen) 5:1550 (Paish, S.) 7:0945-0950 (Raddysh, G.) 4:1440-1445 (Ratjen, S.) 5:1455 (Reed, M.) 3:1440, 8:1010-1015 (Tipping, J.) 7:1000-1005 (Woywada, J.) 4:1545
transborder data flows (Paish, S.) 7:0950-0955 (Reed, M.) 8:1015, 8:1035 (Thomson) 8:1035
transborder data flows and storage (Krueger, A.) 4:1520-1525 (Perrin, S.) 4:1555-1600 (Sing, M.) 4:1405-1415 (Thomson) 4:1410-1415 (Woywada, J.) 4:1540-1545
Social media and privacy issues See Role of information and communications technology above
Surveillance
surveillance (Raddysh, G.) 4:1440-1445 (Reed, M.) 8:1010
video surveillance in the workplace (Matulewicz, K.) 5:1520-1525 (Micu, A.) 5:1525
video surveillance on strata property (Haycock, L.) 5:1620-1625
Term meaning and context (Ratjen, S.) 5:1455
Youth concerns and issues (Brisson-Boivin, K.) 5:1540-1555
Privacy Commissioner of Canada

Powers and role (Bennett, C.) 4:1500
Role in investigation of data breach (McEvoy, M.) 3:1515
Professional Association of Managing Agents

Presentation to committee by president See Quay Pacific Property Management

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