Despite concerns voiced by the judiciary, the Canadian Bar Association, the Federation of Law Societies and the former information commissioner, Canada's Liberal government is moving forward with Bill C-58, which "provides new powers for the information commissioner under the Access to Information Act and for the Privacy Commissioner under the Privacy Act to review privileged communications as part of determining whether a claim of privilege by a government institution is legitimate." Timothy Banks, CIPP/C, CIPM, CIPT, writes for Privacy Tracker about what effect the bill will have on things like solicitor-client privilege, judicial independence and more.
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