The Hill Times reports Canadian lawmakers are in debate on which legislative committee should be next to consider Bill C-11, the country's framework for federal privacy law reform. Lawmakers are at odds on whether to send the bill through the Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology or the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics. University of Toronto Senior Researcher Charlie Parsons said the bill will be shaped differently depending on the committee it ends up with considering their contrasting values of civil liberties versus consumers and commercial entities.
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