The uproar that followed the federal government’s introduction of a bill about new powers to demand private information from Internet providers last spring led to the shelving of Bill C-30. But the government seems poised to bring back another form of the bill in the next few months.
In the November/December issue of LawNow, Edmonton lawyer Rob Normey takes an expansive look at the issue of privacy.
He begins in the 17th century BCE with the Code of Hammurabi, and reflects on the concerns George Orwell raised in his monumental novel 1984.
Rob analyses the evolution of privacy law through the decisions of such luminaries as Justice Brandeis of the Supreme Court of United States, and Justice Sopinka of the Supreme Court of Canada, as well as these two eminent privacy commissioners.
Finally, he discusses modern-day concerns about the privacy of Canadians with Jill Clayton, the Privacy Commissioner for the Province of Alberta, and Ann Cavoukian, the Privacy Commissioner for the Province of Ontario.
Read Rob’s analysis in his article, Privacy in Canada.