Protecting Canadians from Online Crime Act  Mr. Speaker, I have a question about the drafting of this bill. The Conservatives say that they respect Canadians' right to privacy. However, the Information Commissioner saw this bill for the first time the day it was introduced. What does my colleague think of the decision t

Protecting Canadians from Online Crime Act  Mr. Speaker, I thank the hon. member for her speech. I agree with most of what she had to say. I have a question about the credibility of this government after some of the bills we have seen, like Vic Toews' e-snooping bill. In response to Canadians' reaction to this bill, the f

Protecting Canadians from Online Crime Act  Mr. Speaker, I realize that the Conservative talking points on this bill are that there is no longer any provision for warrantless search. Clause 20 of the bill, proposed section 487.0195, reads: (1) For greater certainty, no preservation demand, preservation order or producti

Protecting Canadians from Online Crime Act  Mr. Speaker, I want to ask the member a bit about the overreaching to which he referred. Prior to Bill C-13's coming into effect, the evidentiary standard for obtaining a warrant for electronic records in many cases was “reasonable and probable grounds to believe” the commissio

Protecting Canadians from Online Crime Act  Mr. Speaker, there is another part of this bill that deeply concerns me, and that is the provision of immunity to holders of electronic records, including telecommunications companies and Internet service providers. This immunity would extend to these entities such that if they w

Protecting Canadians from Online Crime Act  Mr. Speaker, I would like to continue my discussion with the parliamentary secretary on the subject of the FPT report . It is the case that there were several recommendations that found their way into this bill. My question for the parliamentary secretary is if he would accept t

Protecting Canadians from Online Crime Act  Mr. Speaker, yes, indeed I have read the report, and the hon. member is quite correct that many of the recommendations contained in the report are reflected in the bill. The problem is that the recommendations that are reflected in the bill are not limited to the scourge of cyber

Protecting Canadians from Online Crime Act  Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank the member for his question. That is something that I tried to address in my speech. The member is right in saying that we are sometimes too partisan in the House. This bill clearly addresses issues that we can all agree on. In light of that, a

Protecting Canadians from Online Crime Act  Mr. Speaker, I thank the member for her question. I completely agree with my colleague from Gatineau. We support that section. As for the other sections, we would like to have more time to study them, as she has already suggested. However, we are prepared to support the clauses

Protecting Canadians from Online Crime Act  Mr. Speaker, actually, thus far in this debate I have seen, quite frankly, some reasons for optimism and some exactly the contrary. I guess it is the case within the Conservative cabinet. We heard an eminently sensible suggestion, I believe, that the bill should be split. Unfort

Protecting Canadians from Online Crime Act  Mr. Speaker, here we are with the very minister who stood in this House one year ago and said that the provisions of Bill C-30 were not coming back and that they had listened to Canadians. There are 47 clauses in the bill, and 37 of them are from Bill C-30, so the minister who s

Protecting Canadians from Online Crime Act  Mr. Speaker, the events over the past year have impacted all Canadians. The emergence of cyberbullying in society is troubling. We agree with the government and victims that measures are needed to prevent and address cyberbullying. We, on this side, agree that we need action to

Protecting Canadians from Online Crime Act  Mr. Speaker, I wish to thank my colleague from Gatineau for her speech. She works very hard on the committee. Of course she is very knowledgeable about all of the issues at stake here. I also spent some time going through the bill, because of the concern over the ghost of Vic To

Protecting Canadians from Online Crime Act  Mr. Speaker, the minister said a couple of times that in all instances, judicial authorization is required. I beg to differ. Clause 20 of the bill, specifically proposed section 487.0195, addresses voluntary disclosure of information by, for example, telecommunications companie

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for his question. First of all, I certainly do not share his vision for 2015 with respect to which party will form the next government. The Senate is very important for a small province such as mine. For Prince Edward Island, the mandate of the