My answer, Madam, is always the following: we must strive to use the least amount possible of personal information. I am neither for nor against. I would remind you that the more we use personal information, the more we feed it into large databases, the more we want to share it, the more we increase the Canadian State's ability to monitor its citizens.
Are we managing well enough without resorting to the date of birth? You who make the laws, ask yourselves the question: why should we add the date of birth? If you who are studying the various cases reach the conclusion that the date of birth must be added and that there should really be a requirement, then I would ask you to ensure that the date of birth be communicated the least amount possible. We could study the Quebec example, look at how it is administered in practice, in order that dates of birth not be scattered throughout a riding, given that this is sensitive information.