In terms of the principles in those arrangements, you've heard from others that reliability is a core principle. We've talked about relevancy versus necessity. I'd concur with my colleagues Roach, Forcese, and Anil about necessity being a threshold. I believe Professor Forcese talked about “materiality”. I think that gets us more reliable information, so changing that standard would help, as would ensuring in those arrangements that there is rigour in the sharing, that we're looking to those criteria, and that there is necessity as well.
We talked about the life cycle of data. I'd like to see something about that. I don't entirely disagree with Mr. Kapoor. Yes, relevant information needs to be maintained, but a lot of irrelevant information may be pulled in, especially in the case of SCISA. That is what I'm concerned about. Therefore, I think those arrangements should also have an eye to the life cycle. How is data shared? How is it used? What happens to it afterwards? Also, is there some tracking of where it has gone within government agencies?
I come back to my suggestion that there be some kind of stickhandler in government who is overseeing this and setting standards in creating these arrangements, maybe with a model agreement or an arrangement that comes from the centre and has gone out to agencies.