I think that's a very important question. Certainly, my hope is that through your study and through the contributions of all members of this committee, we can enhance openness and transparency about how law enforcement deploys these techniques.
I would say the central challenge right now for all state actors who are in the business of protecting Canadians is that they are confronted increasingly with complex encryption, which is intended to subvert law enforcement and subvert detection. The risks and consequences that flow from highly sophisticated encryption technology are that people can get away with crime and can undermine the health and safety of all Canadians.
Again, some of the techniques being deployed are intended to really frustrate the efforts of sophisticated criminal organizations and other bad actors, whether they be state or non-state, for the purpose of protecting Canadians. That's really going to be advanced by the work you are doing in studying and shining a light on these techniques, as well as by the annual reports that are filed on the use of electronic surveillance. Again, I invite the committee to look at that report and make suggestions on how we can continue to improve it if necessary. There is also the ongoing work that law enforcement does with NSICOP and NSIRA. All of these branches together cumulatively contribute to transparency and openness about how we are using these techniques—again, quite sparingly and as a last resort—to protect the health and safety of Canadians.