Thank you, Chair.
Thank you very much, Minister, for being with us here today.
Minister, yesterday it was reported by CBC that 13 federal agencies are now using spyware normally associated with the intelligence world. The article stated, “The tools in question can be used to recover and analyze data found on computers, tablets and mobile phones, including information that has been encrypted and password-protected.” None of these federal departments fulfilled the required privacy impact assessment necessary to determine what privacy risks exist by using these technologies. These include texts, emails and search histories.
Minister, why is your government so hell-bent on invading the privacy of Canadians?