Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
As much as I can appreciate Ms. May's burden and desire to protect Canadians' right to privacy, I believe that this act in proposed section 5 already addresses that issue, as all information shared between government departments has to pass the relevancy standard. The information that is not necessary to pass along would obviously contravene the privacy of Canadians and wouldn't be allowed to be passed along under the provisions of this act.
I think Ms. Ablonczy articulated very clearly in her previous remarks our position on information sharing and the big picture of the security of Canadians and how that's the issue that we are looking at. At the same time, we are also considering the whole aspect of Canadians' privacy and have built that safeguard into the bill.
I would oppose this amendment.