IM_Fin and Den_2022_0616.pub

IM_Fin and Den_2022_0616.pub Intelligence Memos From: Konrad von Finckenstein and Elizabeth Denham To: Canada’s Digital Regulators Date: June 16, 2022 Re: Canada Needs Coherent Digital Regulation (II) Yesterday we outlined the regulatory challenges Canada faces in the digital realm as the federal government wrestles with reviews of its competition, Internet regulation and privacy legislation. [...] The forum has hired a widely respected CEO who reports to the leadership of the member agencies and interacts with a range of stakeholders. [...] Through the forum, each regulator comes to better understand the thinking and methods of other agencies. [...] Canada’s regulatory quartet – the Office of the Privacy Commissioner, the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission , the Superintendent of Financial Institutions and the Competition Bureau – all have memoranda of understanding for cooperation and data exchange (as far as legally possible) with each other or with a host of domestic and foreign partners. [...] Konrad von Finckenstein is former Chairman of the CRTC and former Commissioner of Competition, and Elizabeth Denham CBE is former UK Information Commissioner and former Assistant Privacy Commissioner of Canada.