Information & Ethics committee  We don't need more regulations of surface web content. We don't. We just need to use the laws we have. We have a Privacy Commissioner, so let's have that person do their privacy commissioning and apply the laws we have. I don't think we need to add anything, and I absolutely do believe that adding in new regulations will put people at risk of exploitation and other types of harm and will push traffic onto anonymized networks.

Information & Ethics committee  Yes. It's magic.

Information & Ethics committee  Thank you. Privacy is very important, and it's also a safety issue in a lot of these situations. I can't provide any specific solutions. I'm not [Technical difficulty—Editor]. I definitely recommend asking Dr. Lashkari about that. In terms of law, we need to remember the foundations of law, so what is the Privacy Act based on?

Information & Ethics committee  To have meaningful consultations with people is really important. I would encourage the committee to review the submissions made by the Canadian Alliance for Sex Work Law Reform. They have done a lot of research in the area, and I'm really supportive of their efforts right now to challenge federally the criminal offences related to sex work, third parties and clients, material benefiting, advertising and all of these things.

Information & Ethics committee  I think the current issue is that perhaps the penalties that currently exist in PIPEDA are not strong enough to deter corporations. I'm not saying to put in new regulations—I'm not saying that—but when you're going to do the digital charter implementation act and you're discussing things like Bill C-10 and Bill C-11, it's important to remember that.

Information & Ethics committee  In terms of the digital charter implementation act?

Information & Ethics committee  For corporations the question here is, how much responsibility do they have to have in order to cover their own selves from liability for negligence? That needs to be specified. It needs to be put in words. Other than that, we really need to work on applying the laws that we have, so if there's something standing in the way of that and that can be remedied through the new digital charter implementation act, that should be discussed, absolutely.

Information & Ethics committee  We're talking about what are the consequences if someone consensually uploads their own material?

Information & Ethics committee  That's intellectual property. That's a copyright issue right there. As a photographer, when you take photos, you have a model release form. These are all contractual issues that would arise. If someone doesn't have your permission to use the material, then that is a digital copyright infringement.

Information & Ethics committee  No worries. The committee is dealing with a Canadian-controlled private corporation, a CCPC, which is a private commercial organization based in and operating with headquarters located in Canada. It is a Canadian company. We know this, and that's fine. Commercial organizations in Canada are bound by the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act.

Information & Ethics committee  Hello, friends. I feel like most of us have met before, but in case we haven't, I'll quickly introduce myself. My name is Melissa Lukings. I'm a juris doctor candidate in the University of New Brunswick's faculty of law. I'm also a cybersecurity law and legal researcher, an alumnus of Memorial University of Newfoundland with a B.A. in linguistics, and a social justice and legal reform advocate.

Information & Ethics committee  Chris, are you okay? Do you want me to stop?