It's a very high one, Ms. Valdez, as you have already mentioned. It is not an easy test to meet. There are only specific individuals, who are authorized under the law, who can bring forward an application for judicial authorization to conduct a wiretap or to utilize some of the investigative techniques that are the subject of this study. It requires that the offence for which there's an expectation that information or evidence might be procured through the technique falls within a very limited number of serious offences under the Criminal Code.
As we already mentioned, Ms. Valdez, the state has to go to some length to demonstrate that this technique, this form of surveillance or search and seizure, is not a first resort and not a tool of convenience but rather is only requested after other efforts have been exhausted. Many protections that are built into the Criminal Code and the law generally are there to achieve the balance between allowing the state to protect individuals while at the same time protecting the individual privacy of all Canadians.