Thank you, Chair.
I was just reading a letter from the Assistant Deputy Minister of Industry pointing out that an organization in the U.K. ranked Canada's privacy regime as tied with Germany as the best in the world. I think that's something to be proud of. In contrast to that, or building off that point, I'm horrified at what I'm learning now as to what might be the real threats to privacy and the next generation of privacy issues, specifically the RFID information.
I only heard of this in the last few months. I don't think Canadians are aware of the idea that you can implant a chip in cards or in people and read it quite easily from a distance. Somebody asked how you would feel if the underwear you were wearing was helping to track your movements around the city. That's not inconceivable with this technology.
I'd ask you to speak to that and what your office is aware of, and what you can recommend to us to get on top of that next generation of technology. Is there any funded research going on, sponsored by the OPC on our RFID, and if not, should we not perhaps think of that?