I'll give you an example. Let's say my daughter goes missing. The rule of thumb is that most missing people are found within a few days or a few months. Then what you'd call missing long term is after a year. One way or another, 80% are found within the year.
Let's say I have a brush with my daughter's hair in it. I want to take it to the RCMP for the missing persons database. I want them to do a DNA analysis of my daughter's hair. If my daughter is found at a crime scene, or in a farmer's field, or in a morgue, I'd like to be notified so that I can put closure to my family's tragedy.
There are some issues here. For instance, men or women can leave abusive relationships and assume different names and so on and so forth. So if the person is found alive--this is in my bill--they have to give permission to the person who's been looking for them. But if the person who has been found is deceased, the family members are notified.
Does your organization have any view on that? Does anything you're recommending in here on the Privacy Act--I know this will have to be a quick review--affect that at all, do you think?