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The Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA; French: Loi sur la protection des renseignements personnels et les documents électroniques) is a Canadian law relating to data privacy. [2] It governs how private sector organizations collect, use and disclose personal information in the course of commercial business.
It has broad application beyond merely protecting due process in administrative proceedings and in the adjudicative context, and has in certain circumstances touched upon major national policy issues such as entitlement to social assistance [2] and public health care. [3] As such, it has proven to be a controversial provision in the Charter.
The Canadian system was put in place in a way that allows for digital record management and could be a step towards a full proactive disclosure model at the federal level. There is an ongoing review of the Access to Information Act [8] and full proactive disclosure in the Office of the Information Commissioner of Canada.
The Patent Act (French: Loi sur les brevets) is Canadian federal legislation and is one of the main pieces of Canadian legislation governing patent law in Canada.It sets out the criteria for patentability, what can and cannot be patented in Canada, the process for obtaining a Canadian patent, and provides for the enforcement of Canadian patent rights.
No doubt the Commissioner of Patents ought not to refuse an application for a patent unless it is clearly without substantial foundation. . . . [Emphasis in original.] [21] An applicant may overcome objections to the application by argument or amendment. [18] If the examiner is satisfied, the application is allowed and a patent is issued. [18]
Canada's varied labour laws are a result of its geography, historical, and cultural variety. This expressed in law through the treaty-/land-based rights of individual indigenous nations, the distinct French-derived law system of Quebec, and the differing labour codes of each of the provinces and territories.
The Department of Human Resources and Skills Development was created in December 2003, when Human Resources Development Canada (HRDC) was split into two separate departments: Human Resources and Skills Development Canada (HRSDC) and Social Development Canada (SDC). Though they continued to share many common services and operations, Human ...
The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA; French: Agence du revenu du Canada; ARC) is the revenue service of the Canadian federal government, and most provincial and territorial governments. The CRA collects taxes , administers tax law and policy , and delivers benefit programs and tax credits. [ 4 ]