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<\/p>\nPeel Regional Police Chief Nishan Duraiappah speaks at a news conference Friday morning in Mississauga. Ruby Sahota (left), Canada’s secretary of state for combatting crime, was in the city to provide details of proposed legislation to increase public safety.<\/p>\n
A new bill introduced by the federal government will better equip law enforcement in Mississauga, Brampton and across Canada to catch violent criminals and keep people safe, Peel\u2019s police chief said Friday morning.<\/p>\n
The Liberal government\u2019s Bill C-22 proposes new rules around lawful access and is intended to help police forces and security services organizations, such as the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, more effectively and quickly identify and track those who may be using tools like social media or artificial intelligence technology to commit crimes \u2014 in many cases, violent crimes that cause serious injury and death.<\/p>\n
Essentially, reforms called for in the proposed legislation will bring Canada\u2019s laws in the area of lawful access up to date and into the new century, government representatives and police said.<\/p>\n
Peel Regional Police Chief Nishan Duraiappah said Bill C-22 is \u201cmulti-faceted \u2026 and compels the system to operate in a far quicker manner\u201d so law enforcement agencies can zero in on and bring criminals to justice before they\u2019re allowed to cause more harm.<\/p>\n
Speaking to the media at Peel police headquarters in Mississauga on Friday morning, Duraiappah said passage of the bill will improve public safety in Mississauga, Brampton and across Canada.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis impacts every (crime) issue we see here in Peel,\u201d the police chief told the gathering, which included Ruby Sahota, Canada\u2019s secretary of state for combatting crime, in addition to local politicians and others.<\/p>\n
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Duraiappah said reforms in the new lawful access bill will better equip Peel police to fight such serious crimes as human trafficking, online child exploitation, hate crime and extortion among others.<\/p>\n
He noted old legislation, to which police have been bound, came to be in a \u201cpre-digital world\u201d and \u201ccriminals have been taking advantage of this.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOur ability to operate in a digital world is crucial,\u201d Duraiappah added.<\/p>\n
Sahota acknowledged it\u2019s taken a long time for laws around lawful access to evolve and that criminals have been taking advantage in a technological world for far too long.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe tools we (currently) have to fight them are inadequate,\u201d she said Friday in pushing for the reforms contained in the new bill.<\/p>\n
Government officials say the proposed legislation balances the needs of law enforcement with the privacy and rights of Canadians, and that its intent is to keep people safe \u201cin the online space\u201d and \u201ccatch criminals.\u201d<\/p>\n
Friday\u2019s press conference in Mississauga, Ottawa said, was held to speak about Canada\u2019s efforts \u201cto support law enforcement agencies and CSIS with new tools to investigate serious threats, disrupt organized crime and protect our communities.\u201d<\/p>\n