Public Information Forum on Ontario’s proposed Enhanced Driver’s Licence
On July 16, Ann Cavoukian, Ontario's Information and Privacy Commissioner, and Professor Andrew Clement, Faculty of Information, are convening a public information forum at the University of Toronto to provide clarification about Ontario’s proposed EDL.
July 16, 2008
Faculty of Information
University of Toronto
Claude T Bissell Building, Room 205,
140 St George Street, Toronto
8:30 am to 12:45 pm.
If Canadians want to enter the United States by air, they are currently required to present a Canadian passport. As of June 1, 2009, they will be required to have that passport - or an alternate identification device that the U.S. has deemed to be secure - to enter at land or sea entry points.
Ontario is one of several provinces that have announced their intention to implement an enhanced drivers’ licence (EDL) as an alternative to a passport. Ontario’s Information and Privacy Commissioner, Dr. Ann Cavoukian, has noted privacy issues to be addressed in such an EDL proposal.
On July 16, Ann Cavoukian, Ontario's Information and Privacy Commissioner, and Professor Andrew Clement, Faculty of Information, are convening a public information forum at the University of Toronto to provide clarification about Ontario’s proposed EDL.
“We want to facilitate the provision of clear factual information on the voluntary EDL initiative proposed in Ontario,” said Commissioner Cavoukian. “The focus of this public forum is to help the public understand the facts of the EDL proposal.”
"While the proposed EDL is designed to make it cheaper and more convenient than passports for border crossing, it raises many policy, technological and civil liberties issues that require careful consideration," notes Clement.
The EDL Forum is sponsored by: Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario
and at the University of Toronto: Identity Privacy and Security Initiative, Information Policy Research Program, Faculty of Information
For further information, see: http://IDforum.ca
The Surveillance Studies Centre
c/o David Murakami Wood
Department of Criminology
University of Ottawa
Canada