One of our concerns with the amendment to the immunity clause through Bill C-13 is that it takes away a current requirement that immunity exists in the course of investigations, and that is no longer the case in the clause being proposed to you. To us, that is a concern.
Certainly, to broaden the immunity clause sends a strong signal to telecommunications companies, to enhance the kind of voluntary disclosure that is currently occurring. To us, that has serious privacy implications.
If the purpose of the clause is essentially to codify what existed, the status quo so to speak, then why is it needed? If it is adopted, it does seem to send a signal to enhance, to augment voluntary disclosure—something we are concerned with for privacy reasons.