Justice committee  Yes.

Justice committee  Yes.

Justice committee  Mr. Chair, that goes back to the suggestion that I'm making for further review of the specific details of what this bill entails from a practical perspective. You're referring, sir, to testimony by the police, which tends to understand the definition of transmission data in a v

Justice committee  I have not, I must admit, read their testimony, being new to the position. I do think that there are issues that still require some examination. Perhaps Madame Kosseim would like to elaborate here.

Justice committee  Yes.

Justice committee  One of our concerns with the amendment to the immunity clause through Bill C-13 is that it takes away a current requirement that immunity exists in the course of investigations, and that is no longer the case in the clause being proposed to you. To us, that is a concern. Certai

Justice committee  I'm still new to the job. I don't know, but perhaps one of my colleagues can answer that question.

Justice committee  Yes.

Justice committee  Not at this point.

Justice committee  I would repeat that we are in favour of legislation modernizing techniques. My understanding is that the group in question, although they were recommending to modernize legislation on transmission of data, preservation of data, etc., did not make any specific recommendations on t

Justice committee  I actually have not seen the exact language of the motion, but absolutely, as we said in our submission filed before the committee yesterday, we are of the view that if Parliament decides not to divide the bill, which would be ideal from our perspective, the next best thing would

Justice committee  That is not unreasonable at all.

Justice committee  We would agree that a requirement to report would be a useful addition to the legislation. We have referred in our submission to an example of a report on electronic surveillance that has been around for quite a while, since 1977 I understand. We think that kind of report would b

Justice committee  Thank you for the question. Mr. Chairman, from the list you describe I readily accept there has been a serious examination of this bill. At the same time I see that many people who appeared before you have suggested the bill be divided, and I would suggest it is perhaps for the

Justice committee  No. I think it would be useful to have law enforcement agencies and telecommunications companies explain the practical import of what is before you. That essentially is my message.