I don't know if we'll ever be able to deter everyone from becoming involved in these types of criminal activities. In terms of deterrents, what we see in this bill as the big benefit is having offences that will at least enable us to have a greater impact in terms of those individuals who are acquiring, possessing, and trafficking personal identification information for the purpose of eventual additional fraudulent activity. What it will give us is a tool at the front end, which we really don't have now, and that will enable us to intercept and hopefully arrest, prosecute, and impact these organizations at an earlier stage, hopefully even before the fraudulent activity has actually taken place.
On September 28th, 2009. See this statement in context.