Specifically you're asking about that in the absence of the availability to order preservation.
I'm in agreement with the preservation powers in the bill. Currently, it's my understanding, most telcos do voluntarily cooperate. I know I've been involved in civil matters where we have required or have requested the preservation of information in order to then get a subsequent court order to identify an individual, including in the case we took to the Supreme Court of Canada, and the telcos were cooperative.
Information online—these log files—tends to expire after 30, 60, 90, or 180 days, so if you can get that order within that interval of time, you're generally okay. It's when you end up with a longer and more open-ended investigation that it's more critical. But I do agree that it's an important tool to have, and it's not a particularly intrusive one as long as it's not coupled with a broad discretion to put conditions on it.