Thank you for that question.
I think making sure that the information rights of Canadians are up to date is clearly part of that general picture. That's why I'm happy this committee, as I understand, is thinking of moving to the issue of the reform of the Privacy Act, which is the basic law governing the relationship between Canadians and the federal government in terms of the personal information the government holds for them and on their behalf. I've pointed out several times that this is inadequate, so that's certainly one thing that can be done.
As you probably know, my office now has a more extensive audit program of federal government agencies to make sure they are holding personal information appropriately, that the databases are not likely to be hacked into, that there are appropriate safeguards in place to prevent employees, as unfortunately could happen from time to time, selling this information. We regularly investigate, it seems, laptops here or there that are stolen or forgotten. You can read our past annual reports. There's a history of that. I think there have been fewer recently, which is a good sign.
In terms of the federal government, I think our presence and our role helps to maintain a higher standard of information security and confidentiality within the federal government.