Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
To be honest, I do not think that it is written as well as it could be. Basically, it says that the Privacy Commissioner will prepare an annual report on the sharing of information conducted under the Privacy Act and submit it to the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness.
The Privacy Commissioner is an officer of Parliament. In my opinion, the report should not be given to the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness. The Privacy Commissioner should report directly to parliamentarians. For that reason, I am extremely uncomfortable with this proposal. We have spoken out about this sort of thing on numerous occasions. The Conservatives often want officers of Parliament to report directly to a minister. I do not agree with that because the Privacy Commissioner should submit his information and his annual report directly to parliamentarians without going through the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness.