A Canadian Parliamentary Committee conducting hearings into Canada’s Privacy Commissioner has said that it believes he deliberately misled them and that they have lost confidence in him. An interim report ask for the Auditor General to conduct comprehensive audit of the Privacy Commissioner’s office and the final report may call for his removal. The Privacy Commissioner responded that people should "not expect to see me go quietly." see: Coverage here also see: Coverage here.
Committee Has Lost Confidence in Commissioner
June 18, 2003
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