I'll be very brief.
I think what you've said sounds reasonable. I should put on the record, though, that we've been speaking with the Privacy Commissioner's office, right up until this afternoon, and they did not confirm that there was any sort of agreement whatsoever, even in principle. They also said that they will not give us any indication of how they would proceed with an investigation until a complaint is lodged. I think you've made the point that a complaint is almost inevitable, so this is going to come up.
It's hard to say whether PIPEDA deals with this. It does have specific exemptions for artistic, journalistic, and literary purposes. It does not have any for photographic or mapping systems, so there might be a problem in the act, and I emphasize might. If there is, I think we should be the first to study it and propose a solution. I should add that this technology is very exciting. It's good news for Canada that it's coming here. We want to ensure that it's a welcoming environment, while we protect the privacy of the Canadian people.
I'm not in a mad rush to have the study happen immediately. If we can work together over the next couple of weeks by phone and e-mail to propose wording that would be appropriate, and then perhaps fill a few of the days that we might have open between now and summer, that would be great. But I do think that a study would be welcome. If the matter is at some point resolved, that's even better. We can hear about the resolution in a one-day hearing.