Thank you very much, Madam Chair.
We're certainly living in unprecedented times. That's true not only because of the impact of COVID-19 on the economy, but this pandemic has opened the door to unprecedented intrusion by governments into both the personal affairs and personal information of all Canadians.
Mr. Therrien, you mentioned in your remarks that what we need, more urgently than ever, are laws that allow technologies to produce benefits in the public interest without creating risks that fundamental rights, such as privacy, will be violated.
As you know, Parliament is essentially shut down at the moment, so who knows when it's going to return to the role of dealing with essential legislation—and, for that matter, why would it, when it's getting away with government-by-press-conferences? Yet, as has been noted, the current crisis heightens the need for law reform.
What are the dangers of moving forward with technologies such as contact tracing if stronger laws are not in place?