Public Safety committee  That was based, I believe, on a report that her organization had done some years ago. As I say, our policy and practices are changed.

Public Safety committee  My supposition is that he was venturing into the hypothetical. Just as the minister indicated earlier, I would return to the fact that our policy is clear with respect to information sharing and with respect to any information that may have been obtained through torture.

Public Safety committee  It may have occurred in the past, where information was received by the service that had been obtained through torture, but it's clear now that our policy is that such information is not to be relied upon, and that we, under no circumstances, condone the use of torture for any re

Public Safety committee  We were asked for an opinion on Mr. Abdelrazik and we said that we have no current information of substance regarding his activities, because he's been out of the country for a number of years.

Public Safety committee  I understand that there is an issue with that, yes.

Public Safety committee  The minister's position is reflective of the policy of CSIS. We do not condone torture. We do not rely on information obtained by torture. Mr. O'Brian's testimony the other day will be the subject of clarification from Mr. O'Brian via a letter to the committee today.

Public Safety committee  No, I think it's unfortunate that Mr. O'Brian may have been confused in his testimony. He will be clarifying that in a letter to the committee today, as I mentioned. I know of no instance where such use of information has been made by our service.

Public Safety committee  I already said this publicly before Mr. O'Brian spoke.

Public Safety committee  I have a couple of points, Minister. In the case of Mr. Arar, CSIS did not exchange any information on him with any foreign entity at all. Second, of the 22 or so recommendations in Mr. O'Connor's inquiry, nine applied to CSIS. They've all been implemented. Third, our policies

Public Safety committee  Was your question about sharing information with states that engage in terrorist activity?

Public Safety committee  As a general proposition, we don't comment on whom we exchange information with. This is a matter of policy. But I can tell you that we have, in part because of Justice O'Connor's report, changed how we deal with information exchange. It is done with the most scrupulous care to a

Public Safety committee  I can't give you an adequate response because I'm simply not familiar enough with Transport Canada's deliberations on this. I do know that the issue you refer to is part and parcel of what's being looked at now to ensure that there is some form of recourse mechanism. I can ask my

Public Safety committee  I understand that.

Public Safety committee  In my mind, I think there are. The RCMP's role clearly falls in the domain of criminal investigation leading to prosecution. Ours tends to be much more further behind that, if you will, in terms of an intelligence or security intelligence investigation. In the case of the conspi

Public Safety committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. We, like our colleagues at the department, are expecting some supplementary estimates funding. Of course, the budget this year provided for additional funding for CSIS, so we think we're comfortable.