Generally, the people in the Senate are lawyers and business people with very strong corporate connections. My fear is that they are hearing from the corporations and not from the public. It has been seeking an exemption from the law, arguing that the requirement to obtain informed consent for medical transactions will impede their efficiency and hamper medical research. Even then, some members of the health industry have softened their positions with the passage of C-6. We agree that we should have this law with a little cleaning up.
Someone has to proofread it.
Even with typos, the Canadian law is a step up from the unregulated situation in the United States, said David Banisar, deputy directory of Privacy International and author of a survey of international privacy standards. It also gives Canada a great trading advantage that the Europeans will appreciate. And I imagine that US companies that want to avoid European Union privacy sanctions will move their server farms north of the border. However, the Canadian law still has a long way to go before it makes that kind of difference, Geist said. Senate hearings are scheduled to begin in late November, and Ottawa is confident that C-6 will pass before the end of the year.