Thank you, Mr. Goguen.
Again, your legal background is shining through. You would know that it's already illegal to steal cable. It has been part of the Criminal Code since 1975. So this is not new. To steal cable, to steal signals, to possess a device used for telecommunication theft, this has been something that has been codified for many years. The behaviour is prohibited in other sections 326 and 327. It's a type of theft.
What we're again attempting to do is modernize through this Bill C-13 and these longstanding offences and the update around telecommunication language to expand the conduct that it covers and to make it consistent with other offences is what is found in this bill.
It would add, for example, imports or makes available. That type of language gets to the subject of transmitting inappropriate images, the type of images, nude images that can be most offensive and most humiliating for individuals. The approach itself, in principle, I would suggest, is not a substantial change. It is consistent with previous practices and code sections.
Moving onto the police investigation part, the tools that enable police to do their work to investigate, it includes updates to the existing Criminal Code production order provisions that deal with things such as financial data and transitions, because we know that Internet white-collar-type crime, fraud, is also very pervasive. This bill empowers police in that regard to preserve and get at necessary data, financial data in many cases, to help them build a case that protects citizens, to protect individuals who may fall victim to those predators who use the Internet to perpetrate financial fraud and crime. It's part of other efforts that are made by financial institutions themselves, the other legislation around proceeds of crime, money laundering, terrorist financing. These are all issues that are intertwined and, I would suggest, that are consistent with the effort found in Bill C-13.