Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you very much for the informative presentations.
I wasn't going to ask this, but Mr. Long asked some excellent questions that triggered it. In my riding, when I go door to door and talk to people, it seems there is this belief that the government collects data around web activity and cellphones. At first I thought they were just worried about Bill C-51 and the type of data that was being collected and then moved between the RCMP and security, but I think there's a general belief out there. I can't tell you that hundreds of people have said it to me, but there is this belief.
I know that you've mentioned that government cannot use personally collected information unless it meets the necessity test, but does it actually collect that information? I just want to get a sense of whether I need to say to people, “No, you're just reading too much conspiracy-theory type stuff.” Could someone answer that? I'd like to be able to honestly respond back to people.