Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I'm sure it's a popular read amongst the Canadian population right now. We appreciate hearing that.
I do want to talk to you briefly, Mr. Karanicolas. When you appeared before the committee during our Privacy Act review, you mentioned that “expanding the commissioner's ability to share information with counterparts domestically and internationally is also a good idea”.
I think everyone on the committee here agrees that when multiple organizations are working towards the same purpose, it's important for them to share valuable information with one another. Although I understand that the kind of information the Privacy Commissioner would share would be different from what the national security organizations would share, the overall principle that information sharing is important would still apply.
With that, would you agree that our national security organizations need to have the tools to share information so they can effectively protect Canadians?