The Conservative government is supporting a private members bill protecting the personal information of Ontario residents.
Oakville MPP Steven Crawford has introduced the Safeguarding Our Information Act.
Bill Walker, Minister of Government and Consumer Services, says the bill would require prior consent before any government agency can use your personal information.
“We won’t allow the federal Liberal government in Ottawa to track purchases and credit scores of Ontarians without their consent,” proclaimed Walker.
“If the Safeguarding Our Information Act is passed it will put the protection of consumers first. Government will need their consent before sharing their information.”
It was learned this week that the federal government was not informed that Statistics Canada planned to access private financial information
of 500-thousand randomly selected Canadians.
