Of course, we are rightly concerned with Canadians' privacy. It's the business of this committee, as well as of your office, to ensure that Canadians' privacy is rightly protected.
Canadians would also be rightly appalled to learn, as a result of an inquiry into a future catastrophic crime or terror event, that there had been meaningful knowledge or intelligence that could have prevented such a crime or such an act from taking place, and that an agency had been reluctant to share it out of fear of an act and penalties under an act.
It is very important, no matter what we recommend, that we bear in mind that Canadians expect our various institutions of law enforcement and intelligence gathering that share information with each other to do their jobs correctly.