(7) records or information compiled for law
enforcement purposes, but only to the extent that the production of such law
enforcement records or information (A) could reasonably be expected to interfere with
enforcement proceedings, (B) would deprive a
person of a right to a fair trial or to an impartial adjudication, (C) could reasonably be expected to constitute an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy, (D) could reasonably be expected to disclose the identity of a confidential source, including a State, local or foreign agency or authority or any
private institution which furnished information on a confidential basis, and, in the case of a record or information compiled
by criminal law
enforcement authority in the course of a criminal investigation or
by an agency conducting a lawful national security intelligence investigation, information furnished
by a confidential source, (E) would disclose techniques and procedures for law
enforcement investigations or prosecutions, or would disclose guidelines for law
enforcement investigations or prosecutions if such disclosure could reasonably be expected to risk circumvention of the law, or (F) could reasonably be expected to endanger the life or physical safety of any individual; [the law
enforcement exemption]
The
private communications of thousands, if not tens of thousands, of
people are seized each year in Canada
by law
enforcement through production orders, which can be issued
by justices of the peace rather than a Superior Court judge as is required for a Part VI authorization.