Media Advisory

Tabling of the Privacy Commissioner’s annual report

OTTAWA – The Privacy Commissioner of Canada’s latest annual report is expected to be tabled in Parliament on Thursday, December 9, 2021 at approximately 10 a.m. ET.

The report, titled Projecting our values into laws: Laying the foundation for responsible innovation, will be Daniel Therrien’s last annual report as Privacy Commissioner of Canada.

The annual report highlights the office’s work on key issues, including investigations, under both the Privacy Act, which applies to the public sector, and the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act, the federal private sector privacy law.

News conference details

Date: Thursday, December 9, 2021

Time: 11:30 a.m. ET

Speaker: Daniel Therrien, Privacy Commissioner of Canada

Where: National Press Theatre, 144 Wellington Street, Ottawa, Room 200

Note to editors: Media attendance is for accredited members of the Parliamentary Press Gallery. For more information or to obtain temporary accreditation, please contact Mr. Philippe Perrier, Coordinator, Press Event Support, of the Canadian Parliamentary Press Gallery, at 613-992-6517 or by email at philippe.perrier@parl.gc.ca.

Call-in information: Journalists outside of Ottawa may call to join the news conference. For that number, please email communications@priv.gc.ca. (This line is available to accredited media only.)

Note: Immediately after the tabling, the annual report will be available on the Privacy Commissioner’s website at www.priv.gc.ca. We are not in a position to provide advance copies.