Thank you.
In your opening comments, you quoted from Ms. Bloodworth, talking about privacy rights of citizens and ensuring physical security. You went on to make an interesting statement, that not only is this the greatest single issue that our Parliament must confront, but that security and privacy are not mutually exclusive.
I'm troubled by that concept. I certainly agree that both privacy and national security are invaluable goals that we must promote. But how can they not be mutually exclusive? I would suggest that in the unfortunate circumstance of Mr. Arar, an overzealous attempt to promote national security severely jeopardized and compromised his privacy rights and ultimately his human rights. In other situations, we could quote anecdotally that protection of privacy rights might have compromised national security.
I'm curious as to how they cannot be mutually exclusive, although I agree with you that they're both goals that ought to be zealously promoted.