Thank you for the opportunity.
I hope you don't feel that we're deviating wildly from the reason you came here. I think we do accept the legitimate points you've made in your brief about section 7 and section 9. But having officials from the RCMP here, and given the nature of the material we're dealing with, we can't help but explore other issues.
One issue is that tomorrow we will vote on a new bill that we argue creates an identity theft kit for all Canadians to use. The Government of Canada will now put your date of birth on the permanent voters list. You will have name, address, telephone number, and date of birth.
Does this raise any concerns for you? Do you share our concern that the date of birth is a piece of personal information, which is sometimes used as a PIN? It's your identity. We think this is a formula for identity theft that could exacerbate the existing problem.