Mr. Chair, the government does not support this amendment for largely the same reasons that I mooted on PV-11. The preservation order does not give foreign authorities access to any data whatsoever. The order is only meant to ensure that the computer data still exists until the appropriate judicial order is issued to obtain that computer data. As previously stated, cooperation with our international partners is essential to ensure that critical data is not lost in often time-consuming mutual legal assistance procedures between states that enable the requested party to obtain the data and disclose it to the requesting parties. On that basis, we will not be supporting this amendment.
(Amendment negatived [See Minutes of Proceedings])