Information & Ethics committee  One cannot foresee all the circumstances that might require exchanging information with another country. You cannot, in my view, prescribe terms and conditions that would envision every instance in which we must exchange information with friendly countries and countries that don't share our values.

Information & Ethics committee  Thank you. The only thing I would suggest is that there be.... I don't want to appear to be pushing my luck, because we go to great lengths to comply with the Privacy Act. As you know, we also recently had trouble with our exam bank, and we got that on track and we fixed it. So we're going to slip from time to time.

Information & Ethics committee  No.

Information & Ethics committee  Yes I do.

Information & Ethics committee  Yes, I have read them.

Information & Ethics committee  We have concerns about recommendations 1, 2, 3, 7 and 10. Do you want to know what they are?

Information & Ethics committee  All right. The first one is a legislative necessity test, which may place an unnecessary burden on the efficiency that we need to exercise in collecting information. When we collect information on individuals, the judicial test that we have to meet is very strict in respect of search warrants, wiretap authorizations, and so on.

Information & Ethics committee  I was on a bit of a run there, and I don't recall exactly where I left off.

Information & Ethics committee  Yes. I will answer in English if I may. The types of information that we have, much like my colleague describes, are essentially in the operational field--all kinds. I'll limit my response to the national security context. As you asked in your question, we do have personal information about suspects who are identified by one means or another.

Information & Ethics committee  What I would say, in respect of security, is that I think you should first consider the need for operational effectiveness and for mitigating the threat with respect to both national security concerns and serious criminal concerns. I think you must consider the principle of reciprocity among like-minded states and even with those states that don't share our values.

Information & Ethics committee  I'm not an expert in privacy law, and I don't think I'm in a position, really, to direct you to which countries you ought to canvass. In terms of data breaches, my understanding of data breaches is limited to those instances, say, when material or information is misused or is perhaps inadvertently subject to disclosure or is perhaps mishandled, and those sorts of things.

Information & Ethics committee  I'm in your hands. I have opening comments but they're quite lengthy. I'm happy to summarize them if you like.

Information & Ethics committee  Thank you. The essence is that we in the RCMP feel there could be significant impact on police operations, not only within national security criminal investigations, but also across the board in other serious transnational organized crime and serious violent sexual assaults against children.

Information & Ethics committee  No.