Right now, FINTRAC's legislation doesn't allow aggregation of the information it collects. I appreciate your point that we need to be working off of capturing all the information to have an effective regime.
Again, I will quote many of the realtors I've met with, who say FINTRAC is a pain in the you-know-what. They don't like doing the paperwork. They understand why they have to do it. Many people would be glad, or at least would feel better, knowing that information is not only keeping Canadians safe but is actually giving policy decision-makers better information. I really hope you will run that up the flagpole with both FINTRAC and the minister, because there's a real opportunity for us to start utilizing that data.
I agree with your point, though, that it is a serious concern when the court has basically exempted a large area. We have many lawyers who have either come to this committee or.... I'm not sure if we have a lawyer here, but again, they would probably agree that there needs to be a better balance than the one that exists today. I certainly appreciate that.
You mentioned things like beneficial ownership. I'm glad that the government is looking to view this, because I think that's an area of concern. In a recent speech to Transparency International, B.C.'s new Attorney General, Mr. Eby, stated that he had been made aware of serious large-scale transnational laundering of the proceeds of crime in British Columbia's casinos.
To the best of your knowledge, is that true? If so, what's being done to combat it?