Thank you for the question.
Frankly, I haven't read the amendment proposed in the B.C. legislation, so I can't comment on that particular formulation, but I'll say a few things.
Point one, the Spencer decision is a huge development for privacy law. It is very helpful; it has set already very good parameters for the collection of information without warrants, by prescribing that police agencies—the state—need a warrant to collect information when that information relates to the activities and interests of individuals on the Internet. That is already a very good starting point.
There is an issue, though, that has not been clarified by the Supreme Court, nor could it be, I think. It left the possibility of the collection of information without warrant when there is no reasonable expectation of privacy.
Following Spencer, we have heard from various private organizations how they intend to apply this, and we have seen variances. We've also seen various interpretations of it by government departments.
That brings me to the view that we're starting from a very good starting point with the Supreme Court's decision, but given the ambiguity and the different interpretations given by private organizations and government departments, I think it would be useful if Parliament were to provide clarity, in having a regime that would set out, explain, define in what circumstances there is no reasonable expectation of privacy. With this, ultimately Canadians would have a much better sense of what type of information and in what circumstances the information they put on the Internet might be collected without warrants by state authorities.