Justice committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Good morning, members of the committee. Thank you for your invitation to present our views on Bill C-13. With me this morning are Patricia Kosseim, Senior General Counsel, and Megan Brady, Legal Counsel. Today, I will first address the cyberbullying aspe

Justice committee  Ms. Boivin, if that's okay with you, I will ask Ms. Kosseim to answer this question.

Justice committee  Mr. Chair, our comments are very much in line with the questions asked by Ms. Boivin. I heard Minister MacKay say that the two parts go hand in hand. If I understand correctly, those types of crimes cannot produce concrete results in terms of charges and other considerations wit

Justice committee  Just quickly, I would say that the government appears to be bringing forward legislation that modernizes those legislative measures in order to modernize investigative methods. That seems like a legitimate approach to me. However, we still have some concerns in terms of the speci

Justice committee  I have to some extent, but not as closely as my colleagues.

Justice committee  Some, but again my colleagues would be better placed.

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.

Justice committee  I am not at this point.

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  Yes.