Good afternoon, Ms. Cavoukian and Dr. Geist. It's always a pleasure to have esteemed eminent experts here. I will do my best to keep my questions succinct.
Dr. Geist, in one of the things you brought up, you talked about the different levels of government. I come from a region of the country that has four levels of government: federal, provincial, regional and municipal. In the model we looked at earlier, the Estonian model, they have what they call a once-only principle, where there is one touch and all the information is disseminated, albeit Estonia is a small country and probably has only two levels of government. In some cases, we have three or four.
How do we protect Canadians' privacy? Each level of government has a different function and a different responsibility. Rather than giving all the information once to the federal government, then the provincial government, then the regional government and then the municipal government—and that information, as you know, can be shared, whether it be tax records, health records or criminal records—how can we have a way of protecting Canadians' privacy but also making our government services more efficient?