Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you to all of our witnesses for appearing before the committee today.
I would like to ask Mayor Brown my first set of questions. First and foremost, I would like to wish one of the best mayors that Brampton has had a very happy birthday.
Mayor Brown, you have been one of the most more vocal municipal leaders calling for stronger lawful access tools for police services, particularly as Brampton and Peel region confront rising levels of enabled crime, including extortion and organized criminal activity predominantly targeting the South Asian community and their businesses.
Last year, in December of 2025, Brampton city council adopted a motion approving a letter to the federal and provincial governments calling for, among other measures, federal action on digital evidence access, a dedicated extortion and organized crime task force, victim support and community outreach funding, and the establishment of a formal intelligence-sharing framework across federal, provincial and municipal law enforcement.
Can you speak to what the measures in Bill C-22 will mean at a community level to our constituents in the city of Brampton?