Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Minister, we are in favour of this legislation. We realize that its time had come. However, when I began to practice law in 1966, I could not have imagined anything like this. However, this generation has witnessed many things. Generally speaking, we support this initiative.
Privacy Commissioner Stoddart was also in favour of Bill C-27 and even went so far as to sing its praises. However, she pointed to the absence of two provisions in this bill. Specifically, you decided not to tackle the scourge of spam and phishing, the latter being the practice engaged in by Internet users such as banks, reputable institutions or government administrations to extract information from the person being contacted.
I can appreciate the difficulty in drafting up anti-spam legislation. However, such a development would be truly welcomed by email users. Why did you not correct this oversight identified by Ms. Stoddart?