Information & Ethics committee  No, he wasn't.

Information & Ethics committee  I'm trying to understand your question. If you're asking me if a person should be investigated for saving victims of child exploitation, I believe that would be inappropriate—

Information & Ethics committee  Not as you describe it.

Information & Ethics committee  I'm familiar with the principles we take before the court to obtain warrants.

Information & Ethics committee  Unfortunately, we did not have a policy in place at the time. Now we have NTOP to identify those risks and needs. At that time—

Information & Ethics committee  I'm saying that at the time the licence was obtained, the policy wasn't in effect and that any members on the ground were able to obtain licences as they saw fit.

Information & Ethics committee  Since I've started, we are doing that with NTOP as we speak, and anything that comes forward, any technology—

Information & Ethics committee  No, it didn't.

Information & Ethics committee  I do not know that program.

Information & Ethics committee  As André Boileau indicated, if we are able to provide it, we will.

Information & Ethics committee  At the present time, I'm unable to use that technology, which is very unfortunate, because there are victims at risk in Canada under the child exploitation side of the house. I cannot attempt to identify them, because I don't have the technology. You talk about an urgent file;

Information & Ethics committee  —and I could not use that.

Information & Ethics committee  The problem is that it's not available to us. We have been directed not to use it under any circumstances, so it's not available for us to use.

Information & Ethics committee  I'm waiting on a decision from our national technical operations, our NTOP process, to do that assessment. Once I have that assessment from there and I'm told that I can use it, I will continue to look for victims of child exploitation. Until I get that process completed from my

Information & Ethics committee  I report to Mr. Paul Boudreau.