The intention of the clause is to give the Government of Canada the ability to enter into agreements or arrangements with foreign governments to collect information on behalf of the foreign governments.
For example, the United Kingdom and Australia partner on some of these application centres overseas. This clause would give the Government of Canada the ability to have an agreement or arrangement with the United Kingdom to collect biometrics for the United Kingdom on applicants to the United Kingdom, not applicants to Canada. Then we would use Canadian equipment with Canadian security standards, collect the information, and send it to the United Kingdom. The United Kingdom would then pay us for that service. That's the scheme we will be able to have if these clauses are accepted into IRPA.
I can address some of the other questions around third-party sharing and access, if you wish.