First of all, Mr. Chair, I think it's very important that this committee respect the Privacy Act. I do have a copy of the Privacy Act here. It states: “Personal information under the control of a government institution shall not, without the consent of the individual to whom it relates, be disclosed by the institution except in accordance with this section”. There are 12 subsections that relate to circumstances under which information could be relayed. This particular request doesn't fall under any one of those 12.
I just want to point out that we don't have a problem agreeing to the provision of the tapes. That's not the issue here. The issue here is the usurping, for lack of a better word, of the Privacy Act. We feel that we need to abide by the Privacy Act and not force a department to do otherwise. That is the purpose of this motion.