Canada's House of Commons has recessed. Members of
Parliament aren't scheduled to return until September 17, 2012.
By then, Bill C-12, An Act to amend the Personal Information
Protection and Electronic Documents Act (short title:
Safeguarding Canadians' Personal Information
Act) will have been on the order paper for almost a year,
having been introduced in the House of Commons on September 29,
2011. The Bill doesn't appear to be moving any quicker than its
predecessor, which died when Parliament was dissolved in March
2011.
Bill C-12 would give effect some of the legislative reforms
recommended following the last 5-year review of PIPEDA (which
happened more than 5 years ago!). If the Bill could ever get some
traction and make it into force, it would (among other things):
