Mr. Chair, I want to thank the member for the question.
With regard to the collection of personal information, as noted in Bill C-26, the minister has order-making powers that will allow him to be able to issue orders to protect the security of the telecommunications system.
There are two things that I think are really important to note. The actions and orders related to the minister's order-making power have to be connected to that security objective and ring-fenced in that regard. Similarly, there's a proportionality test that applies as a function of administrative law to the orders that the minister is making.
Two things that I think are really important to note as well are, one, that the Privacy Act continues to apply, both to the Minister of Industry and to the minister's officials through the department; and, two, that the Personal Information and Protection of Electronic Documents Act, PIPEDA, continues to apply to the telecommunications providers for whom order-making would be done.
There are privacy protections in place on both entities, both on the government side and on the private sector side, and there are limitations to the order-making capacities of the minister.