Pam Damoff at the Public Safety and National Security Committee

On October 21st, 2016. See this statement in context.

October 21st, 2016 / 2:25 p.m.

Liberal

Pam Damoff Liberal Oakville North—Burlington, ON

Thank you very much.

Thank you both for being here and testifying before us.

I want to talk about cybersecurity and technology that you were talking about. It has come up a few times. Metadata has come up during our testimony. When the RCMP and CSIS testified, they described it as the information on the back of an envelope. Other witnesses have said it's much more than that.

I'm wondering if you can explain this to us. No one wants to hinder the police or the RCMP or anyone from getting information needed for an investigation, but by the same token you have a certain expectation of privacy.

Under the Spencer decision, how do the police go about getting information, and what are they allowed to obtain on your cybercommunications or electronic communications?

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