Thank you very much, Mr. Chair, and thank you for allowing me to present the NDP amendments on Bill C-22.
Relating to clause 3 and our amendment, I'll note that this is the government's second attempt at lawful access, after widespread outcry about Bill C-2, which the government was forced to abandon. Here we are again.
Some of the legal community's and civil society's concerns about part 1 were addressed, but I think it still misses the mark. With respect to the issue, I note that the Canadian Chamber of Commerce has raised concerns on behalf of its members with respect to the scope of and access to computer data. There are a number of legal experts, lawyers, scholars and business leaders alike who have raised these concerns as well.
To that end, this amendment would strike language permitting access to data “available to” a device, to ensure that warrants remain targeted and avoid broad or general searches of remote data. That's the element of the amendment I'm proposing.