Thank you, Chair.
We've spoken about this in the committee with other witnesses who've made the case that this has potential to go beyond the realm of just governments supplying data. It could also go to civil society to be able to input and add to the collection, the wealth of information that could be on open data portals. We've also discussed at length some of the privacy concerns that could flow from micro-data. Mr. Mallet, you raised those as well.
There is an element to this that may be inconvenient but perhaps should be out in the public domain.
For example, with the food service industry, health inspections become of paramount importance. It could either lead to very good or very bad publicity. It is an analysis that's done in a very transparent and a very process-based way that leads to a conclusion.
The CFIB posts a lot of information and harvest data from its own membership.
Do you suspect, or would you suggest to us, that there may be some concerns that could flow from that kind of information also being exposed on the portal?