Industry committee  We'll see. Let's let Mr. Therrien do his job first.

Industry committee  Of course. We'll take his recommendations into account. I also asked Mr. Therrien to give us other recommendations, if he has any. We worked with him during the design period of this pilot project and took his recommendations into account. He has received complaints, and he will

Industry committee  We designed it ourselves, and the data remains in our buildings and systems. Of course, everyone buys software, and we do too, but we never pass on the data we collect from citizens to anyone.

Industry committee  No.

Industry committee  Shared Services Canada provides services to everyone. We have given them the mandate to maintain our systems, but we control our data and how employees access it.

Industry committee  As I said, we control our servers and our data. They don't have access to our data.

Industry committee  We started working with the Canadian Bankers Association early this year, around January or February. As I said in my opening remarks, we've had about a dozen interactions with them, either in person or on the phone. We've shared with them why we need it. We've also shared with t

Industry committee  Let me provide some clarification. First of all, this pilot project with the financial institutions is about expenditure data, individual financial transactions that we're getting, as I said, from a one in 40 sample. The transactions we get from TransUnion, for example, are loo

Industry committee  We're not interested in matching those two, first of all. This is about household expenditure patterns. This project is about looking at what a typical household spends, and what they spend that money on. The reason that's important, sir, is that we use that expenditure pattern

Industry committee  First, I understand the concerns of Canadians about this pilot project. As I said earlier, this project hasn't yet begun; it is still at the design stage. We are still working with stakeholders to determine how best to communicate with their clients. Again, the intention is to be

Industry committee  Only in aggregate form, never as an individual record.

Industry committee  Only in aggregate form, never as an individual record.

Industry committee  No.

Industry committee  It's 500,000 dwellings. Our unit of measure there is a particular dwelling. From there we create census families, economic families and other prototypes.

Industry committee  The average household size in Canada is just under three, I think.