I could start if you like, and I'd start first by thanking you for those really kind words. It's almost as if my mother were on the committee. Thanks so much. That's really kind.
This represents one of the most challenging issues that we face. Notwithstanding the fact, as I indicated, that I feel like there has been a lack of political will to address what's clearly a thorny issue, part of the challenge is how you strike some balance in these issues.
When I think of some of the exceptions that we find in the act and what we saw coming out of Bill C-51, I think there is a broad desire to recognize that in a data-driven world there is value in that data and we want government to be smarter and to act smarter and be able to use some of that information. Part of it stems from thinking about safeguards that can be adopted by government that are similar to what we find within the private sector, the de-identification of data in many instances, so that the value in the data may not come from specific individuals but rather comes from the information in aggregate and looking to government to adopt some of those same kinds of practices.
Where that's not possible though we have to start thinking about strengthening some of the reporting mechanisms from within government and creating stronger oversight mechanisms within government, recognizing that there are going to be instances in which sharing is important, and sometimes on an emergent basis, has to happen. But what we haven't had, and this was touched on by both of us off the top, is a framework of accountability that allows for the public to better understand when that's happening to allow independent officers to conduct more effective reviews and then ensure that the public is aware that's happening when it does indeed happen.