Ms. Elise Boisjoly at the Public Safety and National Security Committee

On October 19th, 2017. See this statement in context.

October 19th, 2017 / 10:30 a.m.

Assistant Deputy Minister, Integrity Services Branch, Department of Employment and Social Development

In the case of a match, the retention period differs for the two programs.

With EI, for the purposes of retention and redemption—I'm not sure whether I'm using the right terminology—it's approximately 12 years. For OAS, it's six years. The information is highly secure. The department has a number of systems in place. We make sure that the information is destroyed properly and in accordance with Library and Archives Canada rules.

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