I think the honourable member has hinted at some of the concerns that are out there. For anything to work, there has to be a certain critical mass of users. I'm not personally an expert in these matters. Obviously, if something is not adopted, then it has less utility. So it's not just a matter of the technical functionality of the solution; it's a matter of whether citizens trust it and feel they can use it. Then it has to be respectful of their privacy and needs.
Because I know that this type of issue tends to get media coverage and so on, I want to re-emphasize what the minister said, that foremost for the government—and the Prime Minister has talked about this—is the knowledge that Canadians want their privacy to be protected. We want to be looking at these kinds of possible solutions because they could be really useful in the fight against COVID-19, but not at the expense of some of these fundamental rights.
I would also note that, as all members know, we live in a federation. Health data is provincial, so obviously we've been talking with our partners at the provincial and territorial levels too. It's not necessarily simply a case of the deputy minister dreaming something up and then we roll it out. We live in a big country and we want to make sure that these kinds of considerations are factored into the discussion.