Certainly. Thank you for the question. Even though it's a little off-topic for today, I'll always talk about Bill C-22 and lawful access.
It is wildly overdue. Our particular lawful access regime is designed for the Morse code era, if you will, when we have evolved to smart phones, digitally encrypted transmission, digitally encrypted messaging platforms and social media platforms.
For example, today Bill C-22 does not change the search and seizure authorities of law enforcement. It does not. It does not give us greater powers for search, seizure or surveillance. It does provide requirements for telecommunications operators or web platform operators in Canada to comply with judicial authorizations that are issued by courts and to, perhaps, retain records for a period of time.
We're talking about national security investigations, kidnapping investigations, terrorism investigations, even home invasions, where we identify or are looking to identify and narrow down suspects. Sometimes that takes a month, three months or a year. When we go to a telecommunications provider and seek out—through a production order, a general warrant or a search warrant—some records related to that crime, and are told, “Sorry, we have a seven-day retention policy, so it's gone,” the evidence is lost, suspects go free and victims live the consequences.