Mr. Chair, clearly we operate within the framework of laws passed by Parliament and take them as a given. There are strict controls over the sharing of information, and privacy is one of the paramount concerns. The challenge for us as public servants is to try to achieve program integrity and service goals at the same time that we respect the privacy of Canadians. For us, it's a question of figuring out the right way of doing that without necessarily breaking down the walls between the programs.
We need a different frame, so to speak, for how we approach services to Canadians. We achieve integrity goals, save money for taxpayers, provide services Canadians need, and respect privacy all at the same time. It's not easy, but that's what we have to do.