Thanks again, Chair.
This has been enlightening. It seems to me that it's almost like the combination of two forces. One is the more vigorous security environment that we've lived in the last 10, 15, 20 years, certainly since 9/11, plus the incredibly powerful and pervasive technology that we have. I'm wondering, from your perception in dealing with Canadians, those who are raising either concerns or formal complaints, if there's a lack of awareness of what it is to experience, as Mr. Long did, the “Leave your phones in the car and we'll just take a peek” thing, with all the information the phone contains—all of those passwords, all of those bank accounts, everything about you.
If a Canadian were to see a customs official going through all of their luggage and taking everything out and looking through it, or going through their home, that would be an obvious invasion of privacy. These are personal things. Why would they be looking through someone's photo albums? Yet we seem not to have caught up to the technology we have and the power someone has when they say, “I need your phone and you need to give me your password.”
I guess this is more of a philosophical question, but is there a latency, a catching up, for Canadians in terms of what it is to cross the border? If we were to receive this designated country status, would that go towards alleviating most, some, or a few of your concerns with respect to that information we're giving over when we cross into the U.S.?