Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you, witnesses.
It seems we could all agree on a number of things that can be done here by us in recommending things to the government like reinstating Bill C-46, Bill C-47 and lawful access, sorting out the funding challenges to ACIIS, and the general resourcing of policing in Canada. There is some work to be done by all stakeholders on disclosure.
I consider many of those things as things that are either under way or should be under way. I don't want to concentrate on them. I think they're real issues, and you brought them up. I'm glad to hear Superintendent Davis speak about technology. He used some wonderful phrases we'll use again in compelling the telecommunications companies, the Internet service providers, and the device manufacturers to use devices that are susceptible to surveillance and therefore, as we would say, allow a discretion-based judicial interference. If you can't get hold of it, it's hard to say a judge can control access to it. I'm not worried about the civil liberties aspect as long as there's judicial discretion. We can't even get in the door. That's stuff we all agree on.
I have observed three things that I'd like brief comments on. First, in places like Winnipeg, youth seem to be used as pawns in organized crime for various crimes. It doesn't matter if it's Winnipeg, it's all across the country. We're looking at new youth legislation amendments to the YCJA, the Youth Criminal Justice Act. I'd be interested in your comments in general about youth and how they play a role in organized crime.
Second is civil forfeiture, getting at the proceeds of crime and getting at the money. It seems to me we learned in Vancouver that there must be a heavy civil network of civilians who aren't involved in organized crime but who nevertheless provide the support for it, building supply companies, etc., who must know or must be made to know they're supporting organized crime. I was interested in your comments on that.
Finally, especially as it pertains to the Canada Border Services Agency, we have a huge border. We routinely have a problem with gun violence. We have little debate going on about that in Ottawa, by the way, on how to attack that. It's routinely the case that a lot of these weapons aren't from Canada in any way. They get over the border somehow. We talk about money, drugs, guns, and technology. If you can get a handle on those four things through federal instruments, we'd all be helping each other.
I'd like some comments on those things from anyone.