Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Like my colleague Mr. Brassard, I hope the committee wishes to go ahead this study in a timely manner and call witnesses just as quickly. If it is subsequently determined that there was no prima facie breach involving the personal information of Canadians, I hope that we can bring this study to a close. As my colleague Ms. Khalid mentioned, if we are to believe our officials, and if we have confidence in their work, they did it with good intentions and seeking to protect the privacy of Canadians. They used aggregated data, as did the municipalities and provinces. I hope that we will not keep municipalities and provincial health departments from using this data if we find that there was no privacy breach.
The opposition has a majority on this committee, and I hope they will exercise this responsibility very wisely, because this is about the lives of Canadians. It is important. If we quickly conclude that there is no problem, this study should be ended so that the data continues to be used appropriately, as officials have already assured us.
So if we pass this motion, we will be taking on a serious responsibility.