I think we should look at the services that are already online and the capability that's already in the federal government. The Canadian Centre for Cyber Security was a huge step forward in bringing that capability together. There is immense capability there, even if Canadians are just now starting to learn about it publicly because of that announcement.
We should look at the government services that are already somewhat digitized, and look at how we can leverage those together to get better outcomes for citizens.
I agree with a lot of what everyone has said, but I think interacting with services outside of government may be step three or four. Step one is to enable the digitization of government services that currently aren't digital.
One of the other reasons people are so confident in the banking system is the deposit insurance. There is backing that tells me if money is lost with a financial institution, it's probably not going to come out of my pocket as long as I follow the rules of the game.
I reiterate that I think government has an important role to play as the arbiter of that identity. Let's look at what is already digitized within the government. CRA is an example; let's add to that. Let's go through the federal government services and see how we can bring those together and leverage the existing digitization.