Thank you.
I do think that one year is a reasonable time period, given the length of time that it takes to progress through the necessary investigative steps on any serious or complex criminal investigation. Right now, the Criminal Code does provide us with the ability to obtain preservation orders that limit retaining known data to 90 days. However, 90 days is not enough time for us to conclude an investigation. We would find ourselves not knowing what we needed to know before that metadata was no longer available to us.
As I understand the way the legislation has been written, there is an opportunity to review the legislation at a later date. At that time, it may be appropriate to determine whether the time frame that has been provided—under one year—in the current version is sufficient.