I would say as a starting principle that it is extremely important that all residents of Canada are able to give prior and informed consent to their data being collected. I understand that this is complicated in the criminal justice context, but I think this is where the connection to commercial vendors becomes really salient. Commercial vendors are collecting so much data that should be done under prior and informed consent, but it is not. In some cases, it is either permitted to not be or it is just not in practice. That data gets funnelled through to law enforcement agencies. On this issue, I think that's something that warrants a lot of attention from this committee.
On March 21st, 2022. See this statement in context.