Speech (committee meeting)

{
    "time": "2016-09-27 12:15:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Gary Dickson",
        "fr": "M. Gary Dickson"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"4509280\" data-originallang=\"en\">If you look at the Canadian experience, the fact is that this committee is meeting to discuss legislation that was developed in 1983 and has not been substantially changed in over 30 years.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4509281\" data-originallang=\"en\"> I hear Mr. Drapeau's question about whether five years is too short a time. If you look at Alberta and British Columbia\u2014which for sure have, I think, five of your provisions\u2014they have had requirements for five-year reviews of access and privacy legislation. In both provinces, it has typically resulted in all-party legislative committees looking at it and coming up with a set of recommendations.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4509282\" data-originallang=\"en\">The bigger problem in those provinces has been that many of the recommendations aren't acted on. You have the five-year review, some public attention, and a set of recommendations, but the bigger issue is that governments, for one reason or another, often don't implement those kinds of recommendations.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4509283\" data-originallang=\"en\">I think five years is appropriate, though, because it not only lines up with a number of Canadian provinces that provide for that statutory review but also ensures that this kind of material doesn't get forgotten. If you rely on a department of justice, or some other department, doing an internal review, it just doesn't attract that kind of attention. When you're dealing with quasi-constitutional laws and rights of all Canadians, the Canadian Bar Association thinks that requires a high level of transparency.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4509284\" data-originallang=\"en\"> We certainly value the notion of more public reviews done on a regular basis. If there hasn't been a lot of change, then there may be no need for huge amendment. However, it ensures that in a world where technology is changing and so many new risks to privacy keep on developing and appearing, there is an attempt to stay current.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"4509280\" data-originallang=\"en\">Par rapport \u00e0 ce qui se passe au Canada, notons que votre comit\u00e9 se r\u00e9unit pour discuter d'une loi \u00e9labor\u00e9e en 1983 et qui n'a pas subi d'\u00e9normes modifications depuis plus de 30 ans.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4509281\" data-originallang=\"en\">Je comprends que M. Drapeau trouve que cinq ans soit trop court. Les lois de l'Alberta et de la Colombie-Britannique en mati\u00e8re d'acc\u00e8s \u00e0 l'information et de protection des renseignements personnels \u2014 qui comprennent, si je ne m'abuse, cinq de vos dispositions \u2014 pr\u00e9voient des examens aux cinq ans. Dans les deux provinces, des comit\u00e9s l\u00e9gislatifs multipartites ont g\u00e9n\u00e9ralement dress\u00e9 une liste de recommandations \u00e0 la suite de ces examens.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4509282\" data-originallang=\"en\">Ce qui pose surtout probl\u00e8me dans ces provinces, c'est que bien des recommandations sont laiss\u00e9es en plan. L'examen quinquennal a lieu, cela suscite un peu de visibilit\u00e9, puis des recommandations sont formul\u00e9es. Cependant, pour une raison ou une autre, les gouvernements ne mettent pas en oeuvre ces recommandations.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4509283\" data-originallang=\"en\">Je crois tout de m\u00eame que cinq ans est un d\u00e9lai raisonnable, parce que cela correspond non seulement \u00e0 ce qui se fait dans certaines provinces canadiennes, mais cela \u00e9vite aussi que la loi ne tombe dans l'oubli. Si on confie au minist\u00e8re de la Justice, ou \u00e0 un autre, la t\u00e2che de proc\u00e9der \u00e0 un examen interne, cela n'offre pas la m\u00eame visibilit\u00e9. Quand il est question de lois quasi constitutionnelles et des droits de tous les Canadiens, l'Association du Barreau canadien est d'avis que la plus grande transparence est de mise.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4509284\" data-originallang=\"en\"> Nous accordons certainement de la valeur aux examens publics qui sont effectu\u00e9s r\u00e9guli\u00e8rement. S'il n'y a pas eu beaucoup de changements, peut-\u00eatre qu'il n'y aura pas lieu d'apporter de grandes modifications. Cependant, dans un monde o\u00f9 la technologie \u00e9volue sans cesse et pr\u00e9sente toujours de nouveaux risques pour la protection des renseignements personnels, il est pr\u00e9f\u00e9rable de tenter de se tenir \u00e0 jour.</p>"
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    "url": "/committees/ethics/42-1/24/gary-dickson-10/",
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