I just want to say that I consider myself a youth and that I understand all that is going on right now with the Internet, and that I could be a victim of it. I just take it to heart the need to have the best legislation for the victims, because I've known victims of cyberbullying. I want to have the best legislation for all Canadians and for victims. That said, thank you very much and I'm going to start.
In the bill we're talking about peace officers. Peace officers not only include police services and policing but also public officers and administrators of federal acts. From questioning the witnesses from the association of police officers at the last committee meeting, it was clear that a peace officer does cover policing broadly and police services, so they don't need to include public officers and administrators of federal acts.
Why would we give extensive powers to, let's say, administrators at the Canada Revenue Agency? Does that mean that these people would have access to our information for another type of infraction?
We're talking about peace officers wanting to prosecute cyberbullies. Why include administrators of federal acts, why include public officers like mayors, etc.? Why?
My question would be for Mr. Butt and Mr. Gilhooly. Don't you think that only police officers cover peace officers broadly? Why do we need to include administrators of federal acts in Bill C-13?