How Canada's Changing Privacy Landscape Will Impact Business, Consumers, and You | September 24, 2021

The Empire Club of Canada Presents:

How Canada's Changing Privacy Landscape Will Impact Business, Consumers, and You

The Government of Canada's proposed changes to Canada's existing national privacy framework (Bill C-11) died on the Order Paper when the election was called.

The need for modernization and a national approach have not changed.

Given the opportunity to update that plan, how should the new Parliament act to best protect the personal information of individuals while recognizing the need of organizations to collect, use or disclose personal information during commercial activities?

Practically speaking, how might those changes impact some of the modern conveniences we have come to take for granted as individuals, consumers and businesses.

Our panel of experts provided their diverse point of views on the many legal and practical implications of privacy reform in advance of the debate heating up again this fall.

Moderator: Alex Benay, Global Lead, Government Azure Strategy, Microsoft

Speakers:

Vass Bednar, MPP, Executive Director, Master of Public Policy in Digital Society Program McMaster University

Éloïse Gratton, Partner & National Co-Leader, Privacy and Data Protection Group, Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

Dr. Teresa Scassa, Canada Research Chair in Information Law and Policy, University of Ottawa, Faculty of Law

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