Public Safety committee  As Director Coulombe has pointed out, the one advantage we do have in being able to look at associated data is that it has been very much a centralized program. As Director Coulombe alluded, the information is within the walls of our HQ building, and we are very much aware of exactly where it is.

Public Safety committee  I can't really add a great deal. The director is correct, it is just a comparison. We check whether a report has been produced and, if so, we can link it with the associated data. So that is data we are able to retain.

Public Safety committee  Good afternoon, Mr. Chair. Thank you for the opportunity to appear before the committee today. As Director Coulombe mentioned, associated data and intercept is but one means of collecting information that the service has. Advanced analytics is used to essentially maximize the value of information that the service collects.

Public Safety committee  Correct.

Public Safety committee  Associated data is data about a communication. It defines not the content of the communication, but it defines the communication event. The purpose of associated data is to help the network route to the information through the network. A very simple example would be that associated data would be a phone number, so the number that is called.