Opinion: Research participants should have right to confidentiality

This oped is part of a series by participants in the Concordia Public Scholars program, a partnership between Concordia University and the Montreal Gazette. 
Canadian law provides no guaranteed right to confidentiality for people who participate in research projects. This fact is shocking for researchers in other parts of the world, where researchers and participants can be guaranteed the same legal privilege as a lawyer and client.
This legal context makes it difficult for researchers to e