Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you very much for being here today.
Superintendent Morris, my questions will be for you to start. If the RCMP officials have anything to add, please feel free to step in.
First of all, I would like to take the chance to thank our law enforcement personnel for their hard work and efforts to keep Canadians safe, especially the OPP, which just shattered a record by seizing 6.5 million dollars' worth of fentanyl, which is 460,000 street-level doses. That seizure was recently carried out in Windsor. I noticed it was more than a year-long investigation. Thank you very much.
I will be asking a question based on the press release of October 16 on the Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police website, which is supporting bills C-12 and C-2.
The release states, “Modernizing lawful access is not about expanding surveillance or diminishing civil liberties. It is about ensuring that police can, with proper court authorization, obtain vital evidence in complex cases involving cybercrime, child exploitation, organized crime, and other serious offences.”
While Bill C-12 represents an important starting point in strengthening Canada's enforcement framework, how will the additional powers proposed in Bill C-2 truly modernize search and seizure capabilities and complement law enforcement in addressing these complex threats?