Absolutely. We're seeing this come forward, and I again refer to Bill C-59, which isn't yet before the committee, and some other aspects around CSIS data analytics and so on. I think this is crucial for public confidence. It's crucial for the organization of CBSA itself. I think when vast amounts of data like this come into the holdings of an organization like CBSA the default is to keep it forever, just in case. I think that's a bad default kind of response. I think there should be a very strict retention schedule built into the legislation that would distinguish between the vast bulk of innocent information, which should be disposed of quite quickly, and information that might be concerning, that could be retained for a longer period of time. I think that should be part of the legislation, not left to vague regulation that we might not see.
On October 24th, 2017. See this statement in context.