Right, and I take your point. I also live in an urban area, and it's almost inconceivable that the police wouldn't be able to get somebody on a phone and authorize a telewarrant.
The Supreme Court did say, in the decision in Tse, that in those circumstances there may not be a need for any affidavit to be filed, that this can be done viva voce, through conversation with the officer.
In my view, if you create a limit of 24 hours and then allow the police to go ahead and seek authorization if they think there is imminent harm and they're going to need to intercept for longer, then you bring this extraordinary power back into the normal wiretap regime that we've had in the Criminal Code for a long time and that is being used across the country seemingly quite well.
My concern is to try to bring this into the regular regime as soon as possible and provide some guidance to officers so that they know this is the upper limit on how long this type of interception can occur.