Those leadership contestants must have either paid off their debts today or filed some details with Elections Canada about the nature of their outstanding debts and provide a plan and a timeline to pay off those debts. Some leadership contestants, notably the guy who won, Stephane Dion, have not yet paid off their debts.... The Liberals put out their own press release today trying to undo some of the spin they expect their opponents to foist upon us. Here are two scrums in the House of Commons foyer today from those opponents.

Jennifer Stoddart, Canada's Privacy Commissioner, released her annual report today and here is its thesis: Too many data breaches are occurring because companies have ignored some of the most basic steps to protect personal information But, as Stoddart herself has often complained, the federal privacy commissioner can do little to change that beyond telling us, year in, year out, that too many data breaches are happening. While it's true she can take serious cases to the Federal Court of Canada, the Privacy Commissioner rarely does that. Her biggest weapon to force compliance with federal privacy laws is the power of censure.