The House of Commons Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics (ETHI) (french: Comité permanent
de l’accès à l’information, de la protection des renseignements personnels et de l’éthique) is a
standing committee
A committee or commission is a body of one or more persons subordinate to a deliberative assembly. A committee is not itself considered to be a form of assembly. Usually, the assembly sends matters into a committee as a way to explore them more ...
of the
House of Commons of Canada
The House of Commons of Canada (french: Chambre des communes du Canada) is the lower house of the Parliament of Canada. Together with the Crown and the Senate of Canada, they comprise the bicameral legislature of Canada.
The House of Common ...
. The committee was conceived during the first session of the
38th Parliament and held its first meeting in October 2004.
Mandate
*Reporting to the Parliament of Canada on issues related to ethics and privacy
*Reviewing amendments to the Lobbying Act, the Conflict of Interest Act and the Access to Information Act
*studying the reports of the
Information Commissioner of Canada
The Information Commissioner of Canada is an independent ombudsman and an officer of parliament of Canada who reports directly to the House of Commons of Canada and the Senate of Canada.
The commissioner's work is supported by the Office of the ...
, the
Privacy Commissioner of Canada
The privacy commissioner of Canada (french: Commissaire à la protection de la vie privée du Canada) is a non-partisan ombudsman and officer of the Parliament of Canada. The commissioner investigates complaints regarding violations of the feder ...
, the
Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner, and the
Commissioner of Lobbying Canada.
Work
The committee has undertaken numerous studies over the years on topics related to information sharing, national security and privacy such as Information Sharing with the United States and Privacy in Canadian Airports. The committee has also reviewed various pieces of legislation such as the Privacy Act and created corresponding reports with recommendations and amendments. For example, the committee's 2016 ''Protecting the Privacy of Canadians: Review of the Privacy Act'' report included twenty eight recommendations to facilitate modernization of the act to account for legislative and technological changes that have occurred since the original Privacy Act was enacted.
Membership
as of February 13, 2022
Subcommittees
*Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure (SETH)
References
Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics (ETHI)
Ethics organizations
Access
Access may refer to:
Companies and organizations
* ACCESS (Australia), an Australian youth network
* Access (credit card), a former credit card in the United Kingdom
* Access Co., a Japanese software company
* Access Healthcare, an Indian BPO se ...
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