With respect to necessity, it is not an idea we have really explored, but I just want to get at this. I am trying to think of an example. I think there is legislation now introduced in the House with respect to collecting information at the border. CBSA is now going to know when folks leave, and we are going to collect data about how many days they have been out of the country, which we haven't been collecting to date in a specific way. Just tracking that data point and sharing it with other government agencies that perhaps want to know, for example, if someone is making a claim to health or to government services, would that fall within the scope? As we think about necessity, would that fall within the scope of proper information sharing? It obviously enables government to do the job that it should be doing, in terms of making sure services are going to the people they should be going to. Is that consistent with the word “necessity?”
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