Privacy Commissioner Seeks Order-Making Powers

Canada’s privacy commissioner told a House of Commons committee on May 1 that having more legal teeth would allow his office to better do its job. Philippe Dufresne was appearing before the committee on national defence. He said while his office usually gets good cooperation from government officials, that is not always the case. “The reality is we do need to have order-making powers and to have binding authorities,” Mr. Dufresne told MPs. “It’s not because I want to issue those orders. But the mere existence of that possibility tends to focus the mind of decision makers and it helps to prioritize efforts in those aspects,” he said....