Mr. Speaker, I do not think anyone buys that. In fact, I do not think they trust the minister.
Her news release says that her department has returned the big brother database information to the Canada Customs and Revenue Agency and that department will maintain all the information in the future. However, the news release says “authorization of future linkages with HRDC held data will be considered case by case”.
That begs the question, just what kind of cases will trigger the recreation of the big brother database?