I have a further comment on this. One of the sensitivities that came up was the potential for conflict between legislation. PIPEDA recognizes that it is acceptable to collect information by electronic means to satisfy a police warrant or a court order. When we reflected on this, we realized that it was important to correct this and to ensure that people who are served with court orders are in a position to satisfy the terms of those orders. Therefore, it was necessary to open this up in proposed subsections 7.1(2) and 7.1(3) to ensure that we didn't create situations in which people, in trying to fulfill one requirement, would be violating another.
On October 26th, 2009. See this statement in context.