No problem, Mr. Chair.
These amendments deal with the lines that greatly expand the regime of warrantless disclosure to law enforcement and government agencies. Canadian telecommunications providers that collect massive amounts of data about their subscribers are asked to disclose basic subscriber information to Canadian law enforcement agents every 27 seconds. In 2011 alone, that added up to over a million disclosures.
Warrantless disclosure, in proposed subsection 10.2(3) and Bill C-13, plus the information-sharing provisions in Bill C-51, create an extremely worrisome system of surveillance, opening the door for a more Big Brother sort of government.