Krista Schofer
Partner
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Bill C-27 was proposed by the federal government in 2022 and was designed to modernize the framework for the protection of personal information in the private sector. In January 2025, Bill C-27 failed to clear the legislative process due to the prorogation of Parliament, and is thus no longer actively under consideration (see our earlier article).
During this time, Alberta was also working toward modernizing its Personal Information Protection Act ("PIPA"), the province's private sector privacy legislation. After a comprehensive review and corresponding consultation period, a final report has been submitted to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta by the Standing Committee on Resource Stewardship (the "Committee") that includes several recommendations to bring PIPA in line with global privacy standards, and to maintain PIPA’s status as “substantially similar” to the federal privacy law should federal reform efforts proceed.
The final report includes the following recommendations:
Cabinet will review these recommendations and determine the exact manner in which they will be implemented into the next iteration of PIPA.
Gowling WLG’s Cyber Security & Data Protection Group continues to monitor the status of these recommendations and any progress regarding proposals for reformed federal privacy legislation. For information on how these changes may affect your organization, please reach out to a member of our team.
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