There is no shortage of topics that could be investigated. So we need to use our resources to investigate the topics that pose the most risk. For example, we started an investigation into the use of artificial intelligence in employment. This seemed to me to be a particularly important issue because of the serious risks it poses for job applicants.
The challenges lead us to make choices. For all departments, financial resources are not unlimited, and we are not asking for an unlimited budget either. It's normal that our financial capacities have limits. We try to allocate our activities based on a risk analysis. Among our activities are investigations, which we take the initiative on, as opposed to complaints. People come to us with complaints that we have to respond to. It's important to respond to them because, for them, we are a mechanism for access to justice for citizens. However, they will not necessarily be aware of the practices that are the most risky for privacy, hence the need to be able to start investigations ourselves. We need to be able to do both.
Furthermore, we also need to play a proactive role, for example, by providing advice to companies and government departments and issuing guidelines. Bill C-11 will give us an approval role in codes of practice and allow us to advise companies. All of this is great, but because of the accelerating digital revolution, we need more funding. We are in the process of quantitatively assessing our needs. Unfortunately, some requests will have to be denied because we can't do everything.