Information & Ethics committee  No.

Information & Ethics committee  I'm not aware that they did engage in that study.

Information & Ethics committee  I think police need to recognize that they're not always going to be in uniform and that it affects them individually just as easily as it does you and me and anybody else. Members of law enforcement are like everybody else. They, too, lack the fundamental education about privac

Information & Ethics committee  First of all, I think if the spyware is regulated in the hands of RCMP and federal agencies, that doesn't address the municipal and the provincial law enforcement agencies, so it has to be all encompassing. I think it's a matter of crafting laws—again, without the direct or indi

Information & Ethics committee  One of the most important differences, I think—a distinction—that the GDPR in Europe brought to bear is that when a privacy impact assessment is conducted, when an organization has a data protection officer, which they must, their focus under the GDPR is the risk to the individua

Information & Ethics committee  Oh, that would be wonderful. Desktop computers have been around for almost a half a century, and as far as I'm aware, there really isn't any substantive education yet, whether for schoolchildren in the youngest grades or even people in university. They're taught to code perhaps,

Information & Ethics committee  Well, it would be lovely, but we've seen moratoria declared on facial recognition in the past few years by various cities, states and countries, and now they are sliding back to saying that maybe it would be a better thing if they had it. That's a temporary measure. I think it's

Information & Ethics committee  Well, they're saying, “I don't have anything to hide”, but people have said that to me and I've said, “Show me your bank statement” and they get weirded out by it. People do have things to hide, but it's more a matter of the idea that when I wish to share a particular bit of info

Information & Ethics committee  I do recall that our Prime Minister several years ago said Canadians deserve—I'm paraphrasing—the most transparent, accountable government. I agree that we do, but as a taxpayer, as a Canadian citizen, I'm skeptical whether that has come to pass. As a practitioner in access and p

Information & Ethics committee  Unfortunately, not at all.

Information & Ethics committee  I think it's a broader problem than that, because it's not just a matter of banning the police use of a tool that can be used for legitimate purposes, whether by police or other law enforcement agencies. The problem is that these tools, however technically advanced they might be,

Information & Ethics committee  I don't know specifically. I have spoken with colleagues who have been researching this area and I've been assured there are several, but it's not spoken about. Obfuscation is a wonderful thing. If you describe a tool as a digital investigative tool, it doesn't say that it's spyw

Information & Ethics committee  I found his responses interesting, particularly when he repeatedly assured us that these software tools are only used within the limits of the law, although, I believe it was he, or perhaps it was someone else, who said that there are provisions in national security law that allo

Information & Ethics committee  I think Canadians do have a right to know. It is possible to reveal the use of these tools without compromising police investigations.

Information & Ethics committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Good morning from here in Calgary. To you and members of the committee, thank you for inviting me to appear before you today. In 1964, Ronald Reagan said, “Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction.” In 1992, our Supreme Court said,