WEBVTT 00:00:00.660 --> 00:00:07.059 In 2021, the New Brunswick government had a plan to scoop up your personal information from 00:00:07.059 --> 00:00:13.898 911 emergency calls. A plan that raised concerns here at J Division. The 00:00:13.898 --> 00:00:20.100 headquarters of the RCMP in New Brunswick. Larry Tremblay was the top Mountie at the time, 00:00:20.719 --> 00:00:25.068 but was on his way out because of differences with the Higgs government over policing. 00:00:26.010 --> 00:00:31.969 Tremblay sent this complaint to New Brunswick's Ombud saying that if the RCMP were 00:00:31.969 --> 00:00:37.810 part of the 9/11 plan, it would be breaching privacy laws and violating charter rights. 00:00:39.289 --> 00:00:45.189 According to Tremblay, the plan would see calls to 911 routed through a third party call 00:00:45.189 --> 00:00:51.130 handling system so the province could gather information from those calls, including names 00:00:51.130 --> 00:00:57.728 and addresses. Tremblay said the province had no legal authority to do that, and the 00:00:57.728 --> 00:01:04.209 RCMP would have to set up its own 911 call handling system rather than be part of what he 00:01:04.209 --> 00:01:10.010 called a direct violation of the law. New Brunswickers who see government as too 00:01:10.010 --> 00:01:16.680 intrusive say they're not surprised. The fact that they Even feel 00:01:16.680 --> 00:01:22.180 comfortable. And doing that is really problematic, I would say. The plan came under 00:01:22.180 --> 00:01:27.939 the Office of the provincial Security Advisor, a part of the Department of Public Safety run 00:01:27.939 --> 00:01:33.019 by this civil servant, Andrew Easton. People are always glad when I come in a room because 00:01:33.019 --> 00:01:37.939 I'm there to fix a problem. They're even happier to see me leave, uh, because I'm only 00:01:37.939 --> 00:01:43.948 there on the baddest of days, it feels like. It appears the RCMP got its way. The Mounties 00:01:43.948 --> 00:01:48.689 and the Department of Public Safety both say they were able to agree on a call handling 00:01:48.689 --> 00:01:55.400 system that lets the RCMP meet its privacy obligations. According to the 00:01:55.400 --> 00:02:02.120 province, to address RCMP concerns, the system will include separate data repositories 00:02:02.439 --> 00:02:07.338 so the RCMP can maintain control and disclosure over its own data.