I guess what concerns me is that it doesn't seem as though it was just a few individuals. There were five RCMP divisions, plus national headquarters, where the technology was being used, and there were also 17 unpaid trial licences in various detachments. When they were asked why they used this, they said they used it only in child exploitation cases, but those represented only 6% of the uses. Again, I find that troubling. Of course, we want to help children and to help in cases of child exploitation, but what were the other 94% of the searches being used for? Didn't they keep track? Were they not able to explain that to you?
On June 21st, 2021. See this statement in context.