Nathaniel Erskine-Smith at the Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics Committee

On February 1st, 2024. See this statement in context.

February 1st, 2024 / 12:45 p.m.

Liberal

Nathaniel Erskine-Smith Liberal Beaches—East York, ON

Thanks, John.

Thanks, Alexandra and Maxime-Olivier.

Commissioner, my colleague Matthew Green drew a parallel to CCTV. There is no question, then, of documented abuses of CCTV. This is of course a different technology, and different technologies have different challenges.

It strikes me that in this particular instance, with this particular technology, there are two considerations and potential concerns for you to look at. One is whether the search of a device is warranted and justified—that's number one—and then whether the scope of the search of that device is reasonable, necessary and proportionate.

Does that sound right?

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