The other issue that I have with the reporting is.... It seems to be the case with government...and again, I'll chalk it up to human nature and not necessarily make it a partisan jab. I'll just state that it is often the case that people only hold accountability when they're caught. The issue that I have right now is that we've only identified about a dozen organizations.
If you check your email accounts, you'll notice that I put a motion together. I'll speak to the motion while you guys look at your accounts because the inventory of federal organizations and interests identifies 137 departments or organizations under the federal public service. We're talking about 23 ministerial line departments, three service agencies, 17 departmental corporations, 15 departmental agencies and 12 special operating agencies. It's pretty far-reaching. The issue that I have is that we're only currently talking about 12. We don't know in this committee exactly who's using this and what the scope and scale of the use of this is.
What I'd like to do is move a motion. I move:
That, in relation to the study on the use of tools capable of extracting personal data from telephones and computers by government institutions, the committee write to each federal department and agency not already named in the study and request that they confirm whether or not they have procured or have access to software used for extracting information off of electronic devices; and request that the response be sent to the committee no later than 10 business days after receipt.