In my previous life I was with the Department of Justice and was implicated, if you will, in the drafting of this bill. I've heard all of the arguments from all of the stakeholders and I've heard from the RCMP, and you should know that the industry committee amended the original bill to add paragraph 7(3)(c.1) at the insistence, if you will, of the law enforcement community.
I'm not sure that adding the word “authorized” is going to change anything. The “may” in question is a permissive “may”. “Authorize” means you are authorized to do it. It comes to the same thing. It's semantics; basically you're saying the same thing: you may or you may not. It is up to the organization in question to make that call, as to whether in their view the circumstances warrant disclosing information about individuals to law enforcement without a warrant.