The pre-authorization is only for the truances that have to be disclosed in the annual report, namely important damage to property and delegating the authority to break the law to a non-police member, such as an informant. The difficulty I have is that with the exception of these two examples, there is no obligation of prior authorization from anyone. In other words, once the minister has designated a member of the police force, it is up to that individual member to use his or her good judgment to find out when it would be reasonable and proportional under the circumstances to break the law. I'm suggesting that we should add a requirement of prior authorization from a senior member.
On June 6th, 2006. See this statement in context.