Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you, Mrs. DeBellefeuille.
I'm in favour of anything that limits the sweeping powers that are granted here. Let us not forget that Bill C-8 would grant unprecedented, substantial powers. While we perhaps lag behind our G7 counterparts, that doesn't mean any legislation we pass should be passed without scrutiny and without judicious forethought as to the powers we are granting, when we are talking about potentially removing people from the Internet for any sort of threat.
I know we've had a lot of discussions about any threat, but in this case, my understanding is that we will be curtailing power and adding an element of proportionality. In other words, Conservatives believe, and I hope this table will believe, that we should not be using a sledgehammer to kill a fly. Any government intervention must be proportional to the threat, and it is for that reason that I support BQ-1.