The roughly 25 companies that have agreed to contribute to the $450 million will begin releasing the money within three weeks, Benoit said.
Information and Privacy Commissioner Elizabeth Denham makes the ruling in a complaint filed by a mother identified only as J.P.
The 20-year-old spoke by phone May 19 to a justice of the peace based in Brandon, Man., and alleged in a soft, matter-of-fact voice that she had been hit, kicked and beaten regularly by Ray William Everett.
Although there were several amendments made to the policy, Marilyn Bergstra, the board's new chairwoman, called it "a great start."
A British Columbia government official said Tuesday the Americans have ignored Canada's offers to renew or renegotiate the trade agreement.
RCMP say the three girls were playing on a loaded truck of canola at a family farm on Tuesday evening. However, they became buried by the seed in the truck and started to suffocate.