Ms. Vonn, I apologize for missing your official presentation.
One of the concerns and questions we have is that as we see Bill C-51 being presented as an option, too broad a net is being cast. Essentially adding more hay onto the pile doesn't make the needle easier to find. I'd like Mr. Clement's comment on this as well
Mr. Christensen, we've heard from some of the financial institutions that collecting metadata doesn't necessarily always lead to what we want, which is more security, especially if you're storing it all and not cleaning it. You start to capture more and more people without increasing the security and safety of Canadians.
One key concern we've had is around the definition of terrorism. If that then broadens out, and if our ultimate goal is a safer and more secure society, how does the definition weigh into concerns about what comes next under the auspices of protecting us from terrorism, if we're now defining terrorist activity so broadly as to include anything that might oppose government policy or the collection of opposition to Canadian sentiment?