Bill C-12 will enable our operational effectiveness, first, by the improvements in relation to the border security authority, which give us enhanced interoperability with our federal partners; second, by significant improvements in intelligence sharing and information access with key federal partners; third, by the financial intelligence integration, especially in relation to anti-money laundering and mandatory compliance; and fourth, by the enhancements to the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act in relation to precursor chemical control, and protections for our undercover operators.
In conclusion, I welcome these changes, but via viable technological utility. There is a need to modernize Canadian legislation and policy mechanisms to match the pace of technological innovation related to public safety. Our legislative environment is slow to adapt, and this presents daily risks, evidentiary losses and public safety impacts. Criminals communicate and conspire as the rest of society does, via social media applications, not archaic copper lines. Law enforcement encounters encryption, anonymization—