Thank you, Chair. I would like to welcome the witnesses here today. As my colleague Mr. Nicholson did, I'd like to join him in saluting the Department of Justice for its proud history. As Canadians, we owe you a debt of gratitude.
There's so much to do in so little time. I want to build on one of the questions Mr. Nicholson asked about in the context of the Protecting Canadians from Online Crime Act. There's a specific reference in the supplementary estimates to the $1.7 million that the Department of Justice is receiving for this initiative. It says, “This funding will support the purchase of specialized equipment enabling interception of communications (pursuant to a warrant or judicial order)...”.
What is this equipment? Who will use it and against whom?