Hon. Colin Deacon: Thank you, Senator Boniface, for your leadership on this. Finding the balance on this is something where your judgment and experience are really important. Regarding the challenge of getting it right, what came to mind was Bishop Lahey. He had negotiated a settlement for the sexual abuse victims in the diocese of Antigonish but then was caught at the Ottawa airport shortly thereafter with a computer filled with child pornography that he was importing into the country. He was subsequently charged and convicted, but it had a devastating effect on both the Catholic community in Nova Scotia and the broader community. There was a loss of trust. You are working on something that is very important.

I want to understand. The officers only have the opportunity to view the data on the phone — not on the cloud but on the phone. At that point, they can make a judgment. Is the next judgment that they make about retaining the device, or do they somehow capture information from the device? If they do capture it, what is done in terms of how that’s held or subsequently destroyed because of findings? Can you help me a bit in that regard?