Frankly, I'm leery of biometrics. I'm uncomfortable that the technology today allows a government, foreign or domestic, to identify and locate the holder of certain documents containing chips. I'm leery of the facial biometric recognition software in our ports of entry. Canadians do not know the extent of biometric information collected; they do not know the extent of biometric information stored and shared, not just between federal and provincial governments but also with governments internationally.
On May 1st, 2012. See this statement in context.