Manitoba's ombudsman has joined other privacy commissioners in Canada expressing concerns about the Conservatives' proposed anti-terrorism Bill C-51.

Canada's provincial and territorial privacy oversight officers jointly released a letter on Friday to the chair of the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security expressing concerns about the privacy implications of the bill.

“Provincial oversight officers share the commissioner’s concerns,” acting Manitoba ombudsman Mel Holley said in a news release, referring to a letter posted Thursday by federal privacy commissioner Daniel Therrien.

According to Holley's news release, Therrien expressed the view that: