They would be breaking the law without this legislation, but there's no need for this legislation for them to be able to do it. Much more targeted, much more modest, much more carefully controlled legislation that we could have supported five years ago would have permitted, so far as I can see—except for vagaries such as conspiracy to commit an indictable offence, whatever that means.... Everything else I could see in the RCMP's report consists of things we would have no difficulty permitting police, properly controlled and properly audited, to engage in.
What this legislation does is much broader. It says police officers can break any number of laws, except ones that result in certain kinds of harm, when they think it's reasonable and proportionate to do so. We just don't think that kind of legislation is appropriate. It creates a class of people who have the right to decide in advance when it's reasonable and proportional to break the law, and have justification for it. That's what we think is wrong with this legislation.