Again, I agree with this. This bill is much 80% a step in the right direction. There's just 20% there of ways that it could be improved, but we should not let that 20% prevent its passage.
In regard to this, a lot of people would argue that ISIS is a crisis that the country is dealing with right now. Some other people may not feel that way, but Ben Makuch was able to get extremely important information about this terrorist group disseminated to Canadians, including the security forces, because he was able to speak to a source who believed that his communications would not be released to the police and would only be sent out to the public according to the terms of what they agreed to. If Ben gives up his notes eventually, then all of a sudden those types of sources will dry up, and Canadians will lose that information. That's just one example of how important it is that we maintain that balance and that respect for the right of journalists to do their jobs.