Thanks, Chair.
As we consider the concerns about letting private information get into the hands of countries that might not respect the values of the government, I'm thinking those are countries where we wouldn't have the opportunity to be interviewing people like you in the positions of authority that you are in, and we appreciate you being here this morning. Thank you.
My colleague, Mr. Opitz, mentioned the impact of the NEXUS program. Just yesterday I was in contact with another analogous program, which to quote you, Mr. Linklater, ensures that the person who arrives is the person who applied. In this program a photo must be gotten and a card must be provided and the card must be presented at the beginning of the event. The event is under 14 soccer in Ontario, and at a certain level, the children have to go and get themselves carded and present the card.
My point is that it's fair to say that although we do have concerns about privacy, we all have concerns about privacy, the impact of biometrics is going well beyond immigration such as we're considering today.
I would like to get back to this question about information getting into the hands of sovereign governments over which we have no control, and I wonder if you could give us some examples of specific protections in addition to what you've already said such that we don't imagine....
For instance, the information here goes to the Government of Iran. The people who I serve in the riding I represent, West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country, would be very concerned about that and I'm sure there are other people who would have similar concerns.