I think any time there's a set period in legislation, it takes discretion away from the judge. My colleagues from the RCMP were talking about tower dumps. That could be a great deal of information. It could be that they need 10 cell sites, the tower dumps for all those, for a range of phone numbers. It could be arduous work to compile all that information. Perhaps 60 days would be reasonable, in that case, for production.
If the ceiling were set at 30 days, that would remove the discretion of the judge. The service provider, by default, might object to the production order as being unreasonable. That would stop the clock and frustrate the peace officers from being able to get their data. That lack of flexibility creates a risk.
