Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague from Nipissing—Timiskaming for his speech on Bill S-4.
I worked on Bill C-51, which thousands of Canadians opposed. They were worried that the bill would invade their privacy and violate their rights and freedoms. In the answer he just gave, my colleague said that this bill was not necessarily perfect but that we need to take action. I have a question for him.
Bill S-4, and also Bill C-13, would allow greater access to personal information without a warrant and without provisions for a proper oversight mechanism. This is reminiscent of the extremely distressing Bill C-51, which we studied not too long ago.
Why is the government working so hard to allow snooping without a warrant by creating bigger holes with Bill C-13 and Bill S-4?