"This paper deals with “lawful access,” an investigative technique used by law enforcement agencies and national security agencies. It involves the interception of communications and seizure of information during a search, where authorized by law. During the first session of the 41st Parliament, in February 2012, the Minister of Public Safety introduced a bill on “wiretapping” in the era of new electronic technologies. Bill C-30, An Act to enact the Investigating and Preventing Criminal Electronic Communications Act and to amend the Criminal Code and other acts (short title: Protecting Children from Internet Predators Act), revisits the subject matter of several former bills, including Bill C-50, Bill C-51 and Bill C-52, introduced in the third session of the 40th Parliament, and Bill C-74, introduced in the first session of the 38th Parliament. ... This background paper compares Bill C-30 with similar legislation in these three countries. Major differences and similarities are highlighted, with particular reference to three aspects covered in the Canadian bill: interception capability, requests to TSPs for information about subscribers and tracking warrants. The comparison is a useful one because Bill C-30 is the latest of several significant Canadian initiatives that have dealt with lawful access and that have proposed consistently similar provisions"--Introduction, pages 1-2.