If I may speak to our purpose in appearing before this committee today, PIPEDA has had an impact on our ability to do what we normally do on a daily basis, which is to go out to talk to people and ask them for basic information. The type of information we're talking about obtaining is less than what we get from running a driver's licence. We're talking about what I might get out of the phone book.
The amendments we're requesting to PIPEDA don't change that. It doesn't give us any additional powers. We're only seeking clarification. What we used to routinely go about getting on a daily basis when we talked to people on the street is all of a sudden unavailable to us because it's on the Internet.
Anything that invokes a charter protection is governed by the courts. They will ensure there is judicial oversight on any information we may obtain that is personal in nature. The amendment we're seeking is only to clarify the confusion that surrounds corporations.