Mr. Surgenor, I want to come back to something you said.
I would attribute it to your age. You look like a bright fellow, but it was quite naive. If you want to say that the challenges of law enforcement are the same today as they were a long time ago, when officers only had to look into the white pages to find information they needed, that is no longer the case. Police force chiefs from all over Canada spoke with one voice to say that they really needed a lawful access regime.
Ms. Saad, if I may, I'll speak to you in French.
You said that the resources were already available to police officers. You're right, but you may not have read the title of part 1 of the bill: It refers to timely access. That's what the police are telling us. Their investigations are stalling or not moving forward because they don't have enough time to access the information. There are too many barriers.
Timely access is what this bill is all about.
Mr. Hatfield, you said the government was installing microphones or spyware throughout people's homes. That's not the case, sir, based on the warning Mr. Baber mentioned. You know, the government needs a court order to obtain that information. We ask companies to retain information that isn't accessible to the government unless certain conditions are met and there's reason to believe that this information would lead to a conclusion resulting in a conviction. That's no small matter, Mr. Hatfield.
That's all I'm going to say because I think I've run out of time.