I think the bill does respond to the specific criticism that the Supreme Court set out in its decision. The Supreme Court provided Parliament with some minimum guidance on how to make the provision constitutional.
I think it's up to this committee and to Parliament more generally to seek to make the legislation as clear as possible. I take your point that there are many aspects to Bill C-55 that narrow the scope of the use of this warrantless wiretap provision, and that now there will be notice provided and there is a reporting requirement. These are all things that the BCCLA is very happy to see in this bill.
Our concern is that in those cases where someone is not tried and not brought to court to face charges but has been intercepted, we would like to see some guidance for the police about what would be an appropriate amount of time. We don't know how often and for how long people have been intercepted using this provision because, as you know, there was no reporting requirement before now. We do know about one case.