Thank you, Chair.
Thank you, Commissioner, for being here. Thank you to your team for their work.
I just want to highlight something for those listening and watching. There are 13 government institutions that were called into question in the article that's been mentioned. It's Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Environment and Climate Change Canada, the CRTC, the CRA, Shared Services Canada, the Competition Bureau, Global Affairs, the Transportation Safety Board of Canada, Natural Resources Canada, Correctional Service Canada, the Canada Border Services Agency, National Defence and the RCMP.
I think, like many Canadians, that some of those are not surprising. I think it's disappointing that they did not conduct PIAs, as was referenced. The question around trust is certainly highlighted here.
Commissioner, do you believe that this information would have come to light had it not been reported? Is there a reporting mechanism within government that would have said, these tools are used and here's the number of times? Had it not been for this article that references this, would this information have come to light otherwise?