Leslyn Lewis on Questions on the Order Paper

With regard to the Known Traveller Digital Identity (KTDI) project announced by the government in January 2018 and the successor pilot on Digital Travel Credentials (DTCs): (a) what is the current status of both projects; (b) why was the decision made to not resume the KTDI; (c) how was the data, including personal data, that was obtained through the KTDI used; (d) was the data, including personal data, that was obtained through the KTDI retained, and, if so, by whom, including the country, territory, organization, and company details, including (i) which types of data were retained, (ii) where is the data stored; (e) what is the nature of the government's involvement, including its agencies, in the new DTC project; (f) what is the World Economic Forum’s involvement in the new project, if any; (g) who are the project partners; (h) what is the end date of the DTC project; (i) how many Canadian travellers opted into the project to date; (j) for travellers who have been participating in the project, what type of data was shared with (i) the government, (ii) third parties; (k) what third parties received the data in (j)(ii); (l) what specific technologies is the government testing, and what are the parameters around that testing; (m) what (i) benefits of, (ii) problems with, the technologies have been identified to date; and (n) what are the total government expenditures related to the KTDI and DTC projects since 2018, broken down by type of expenditure?