Thank you very much, Chair.
I kind of wish we had heard some testimony on this. We heard none, which isn't very helpful to me at this point. I know that some of the clauses in the bill would require that any wiretapping happened with the oversight of the courts. I expect that the court oversight would be balanced. By that, I mean that the courts would account for the exceptions under the Copyright Act in their deliberations. We also know that the Criminal Code already has safeguards in place to protect privacy, including reporting and notification requirements and a limit on the use of powers only as a last resort.
All of that being said, it's still not clear why this measure is required in the context of Bill C-8. No witnesses testified about this, either raising concerns or asking for those kinds of powers.
While those of us on this side of the table support Bill C-8, we do agree that this clause of the bill could have impacts beyond the scope of anything that was presented here at committee. For that reason, I'm going to be supporting amendment PV-1.