Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you, Minister, and the officials for coming to testify today.
I think most Canadians share with you the urgency of putting in place this important piece of legislation. I think of victims like Rehtaeh Parsons, from your home province of Nova Scotia. Her family and many other Canadian families would certainly agree that something has to be done about a faceless bully on the Internet.
In the context of cybercrime, of course, the preservation of evidence is always first and foremost. Without it there can be no prosecution and no conviction of those who are perpetrating the harm. We know that the working group on cyberbullying strongly recommended that the federal government enact investigative tools and procedures enabling law enforcement to keep pace with modern technology.
We've talked about some authority and some provisions that were already in place, but there are obviously new provisions. Could you highlight for us what the new data preservation scheme would be, Minister?
Thank you.