Public Safety committee  I can answer that. The committee does not comment or acknowledge generally whether there are complaints before the committee. Because of section 48, all investigations of complaints are conducted in private. We normally don't acknowledge that we have complainants in front of the

Public Safety committee  The Khadr report was not a complaint. With respect to complaints, the delay for getting reports out will vary according to the nature of the complaint and the nature of the allegations that need to be investigated.

Public Safety committee  I'm going to answer your first question. The committee has an obligation to keep its investigations secret. Section 48 of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service Act specifically provides that the committee's investigations are conducted in private. The act also states that,

Public Safety committee  With regard to the matter of francophone judges, that depends on the availability of members. Furthermore, there is simultaneous interpretation when the members request it or when a party or witness requests it.

Public Safety committee  I think the example is the issue of destruction of notes that came before the Supreme Court in January. The committee has on several occasions recommended that CSIS not destroy its notes, that it keep its notes for the purpose of being able to get back to more than what's out the

Public Safety committee  I don't want to avoid your question, but the committee does not comment on any of its complaint cases because under the act these investigations are supposed to be conducted in private. Now--

Public Safety committee  Let me put it this way. When the committee receives a complaint, any complaint, the first thing it does is look into whether the complainant has met the conditions under the act. The first thing is whether or not he's written to the director, and second, whether he's received a r

Public Safety committee  The Security Intelligence Review Committee does not have authority as such with respect to the No Fly List, except when someone files a complaint under section 41 of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service Act. That act gives us the authority to investigate the activities of t