Right. On the website, it says:
FluWatchers are Canadian volunteers who normally track influenza, but with the global pandemic, they're also tracking COVID-19.
It goes on to say that individuals “can help public health officials identify where influenza and COVID-19 may be circulating” by answering just two quick questions each week, which, the site says, takes only about 15 seconds.
I guess really what I want to point at here is that we have this website that's endorsed by the Public Health Agency of Canada. It's an opt-in program. People opt in with their consent.
Why would we not be promoting this website as a means to determine a public health response, the effectiveness, and where these patterns are developing, as opposed to running a risk, as is clearly identified and, I think, will be identified by security and privacy experts when they come here, including the Privacy Commissioner? Why would we not endorse this website and promote it instead of collecting the data, the mobility data, without consent?