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

I can try.

We have indeed had the PIA process in place since 2016. The assessment is for the program as a whole, and not the tools. When we were asked about it, we may not have been as accurate as we might have been with our answer. That may have caused some confusion.

So we have, since 2016, had a PIA in place for the program under which the tools in question are used.

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