The principle that we will try to apply in that review is that even if it is reasonable to collect the information, the information should only be retained by government so long as it is necessary for the purpose for which it was collected or for other reasonable secondary purposes.
CBSA has told us that they have changed their retention schedule from 75 to 15 years. That's good. We still don't know why it's 15 years. How is that related to the purposes for which they are collecting and potentially sharing the information? It is that kind of detail that is necessary to determine whether the retention period is adequate or not, and that is true for each and every purpose, including the collection of information from all travellers, the vast majority of whom are law abiding, to identify threats to national security or otherwise. It's fine for the assessment to occur, but we will try to make sure in these reviews that the information is only retained by government so long as it is necessary to make the required assessment.