Mr. Eric Ferron at the Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics Committee

On February 8th, 2024. See this statement in context.

February 8th, 2024 / 12:30 p.m.

Director General, Criminal Investigations Directorate, Compliance Programs Branch, Canada Revenue Agency

My understanding is that the PIA is for the program. That's why we did what we did. In our assessment, we say that our experts use some tools when electronic devices are seized in order to extract information.

So there really is a PIA and it's been there since 2016.

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