Mr. Speaker, I want to touch on the questions being asked by the Liberal member of Parliament for Winnipeg North. He has brought up something twice with regard to a previous speech and Canada Border Services Agency. He referenced the 18,000 requests for basic subscriber information. I believe the total figure was 18,729 requests.
The important thing to note is that the fruits of those particular requests have resulted in the removal of over 115,000 people who are in this country illegally. These are people with serious criminality. I would like to thank the member for Winnipeg North for bringing it to my attention. This is just one example of how crucial it is for different law enforcement agencies, including Canada Border Services Agency, to obtain this information, investigate, and remove the people who are causing harm or threat to Canadian citizens.
The question I would like to pose for my hon. colleague is whether there are any privacy concerns. It is, in fact, true that here in this country there are independent bodies that oversee these types of agencies and it has never been brought to our attention that there has ever been a violation of the laws that govern these agencies. I would like to ask the member for Kootenay—Columbia if he could comment on that and whether any concerns have come from those independent bodies.