An Act regulating telecommunications facilities to support investigations

Short title: Investigating and Preventing Criminal Electronic Communications Act Bill C-52 (40-3) Status: At second reading in the House of Commons Type: House Government Bill Sponsor: Vic Toews, Minister of Public Safety (Provencher) Latest stage: First reading Legislative

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summary is currently being prepared for this bill by the Parliamentary Information and Research Service of the Library of Parliament. Meanwhile, the following executive

summary is available. <br/><br/>On November 2010, the Minister of Public Safety introduced Bill C-52,

An Act regulating telecommunications facilities to support investigations (Technical Assistance for Law Enforcement in the 21st Century Act), in the House of Commons and it was given first reading.<br/><br/>Bill C-52 requires telecommunications service providers to include interception capability in their networks and to provide basic information about their subscribers to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, the Commissioner of Competition and any police service constituted under the laws of a province.

Requirements to obtain court orders to intercept communications will not be changed by this Act, which will require service providers to supply basic subscriber information to law enforcement agencies and the Canadian Security Intelligence Service on request.</div> House of Commons — First reading: Completed (2010-11-01) House of Commons — Second reading: No activity LEGISinfo: https://www.parl.ca/legisinfo/en/bill/40-3/c-52