I do have some concerns. In subclause 5(3), proposed subsection195( 2.1) requires in its paragraph (a) a reporting of the number of interceptions made; then you have a proposed paragraph after that requiring a reporting of the number of people against whom proceedings were commenced. Now, it's possible, I guess, to tease out from that information, if you have the number of people who are charged and the number of interceptions made, one would think you can do some simple subtraction, to find out that if ten interceptions were made and we have seven cases that were proceeded with, three therefore were not proceeded with.
Unfortunately, if you look through the reports that have already been generated under section 195, you actually can't do that, because from one interception you might have multiple proceedings and you might have multiple people charged. The numbers don't stack up that well, when you look at it.
For example in 2011, under the reporting clause for paragraphs 195(2)(a) and 195(2)(b), we can see that a total of 116 authorizations were made under that section. Then, if you flip to the reporting for paragraph 195(2)(d), the number of persons identified, we actually have 146, which is more than the number of authorizations made. So the math doesn't work out that well, when you look at the reports, which is why I would submit and the CLA submits that especially when you're dealing with this very.... It's going to be used rarely, but it's going to be used in important cases, in serious cases, and it's not judicially authorized. It's a larger intrusion on privacy, for which we would prefer to see a better and a clearer breakdown of the statistics, so that the public and Parliament can see whether this power is being used, how effective it is, and whether there need to be changes, and really to provide that information in a better form than what is already provided in section 195, which deals with those authorizations that have already had a level of supervision through judicial authorization.