Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I would like to introduce a motion, which reads as follows:
That the committee undertake a study of at least 4 meetings beginning no later than Monday, August 8th, 2022 to determine and identify which “device investigation tools” are being used by the RCMP, which have technological capabilities similar to Pegasus, and provide the committee with the name(s) of such software and the terms and conditions of its use; That the committee request, by Thursday, August 4, 2022, that the RCMP provide a list of warrants obtained, if any, for each use of such software, as well as the scope of the warrants and the reasons for the monitoring; That the committee also request, by Thursday, August 4, 2022, a list of warrants or any other information related to the wiretapping of Members of Parliament, Parliamentary Assistants or any other employee of the Parliament of Canada; That, to this end, the witness list for this study include, but not be limited to: RCMP officers who have decided on the use of “device investigation tools” or any other surveillance tools; The Minister of Public Safety; The current and former Privacy Commissioners of Canada; Ms. Sharon Polsky, Privacy Specialist, Privacy & Access Council on Canada; And that any additional witness lists be submitted to the Clerk of the committee within 7 days of the adoption of this motion; And that the committee report its findings and recommendations to the House by September 19, 2022.