Bill C-22 (Historical)

An Act to establish the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians and to make consequential amendments to certain Acts

This bill was last introduced in the 42nd Parliament, 1st Session, which ended in September 2019.

Sponsor

Dominic LeBlanc  Liberal

Status

This bill has received Royal Assent and is now law.

Summary

This is from the published bill. The Library of Parliament often publishes better independent summaries.

This enactment establishes the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians and sets out its composition and mandate. In addition, it establishes the Committee’s Secretariat, the role of which is to assist the Committee in fulfilling its mandate. It also makes consequential amendments to certain Acts.

Elsewhere

All sorts of information on this bill is available at LEGISinfo, an excellent resource from the Library of Parliament. You can also read the full text of the bill.

Votes

April 4, 2017 Passed That the Bill be now read a third time and do pass.
April 4, 2017 Failed That the motion be amended by deleting all the words after the word “That” and substituting the following: “Bill C-22, An Act to establish the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians and to make consequential amendments to certain Acts, be not now read a third time but be referred back to the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security for the purpose of reconsidering Clauses 8, 14, and 16 with a view to assessing whether the investigatory powers and limits defined in these clauses allow for sufficiently robust oversight of ongoing intelligence and national security activities”.
March 20, 2017 Passed That Bill C-22, An Act to establish the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians and to make consequential amendments to certain Acts, {as amended}, be concurred in at report stage [with a further amendment/with further amendments] .
March 20, 2017 Failed
March 20, 2017 Passed 16 (1) The appropriate Minister for a department may refuse to provide information to which the Committee would, but for this section, otherwise be entitled to have access and that is under the control of that department, but only if he or she is of the opinion that (a) the information constitutes special operational information, as defined in subsection 8(1) of the Security of Information Act; and (b) provision of the information would be injurious to national security. (2) If the appropriate Minister refuses to provide information under subsection (1), he or she must inform the Committee of his or her decision and the reasons for the decision. (3) If the appropriate Minister makes the decision in respect of any of the following information, he or she must provide the decision and reasons to, (a) in the case of information under the control of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, the Civilian Review and Complaints Commission for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police; (b) in the case of information under the control of the Communications Security Establishment, the Commissioner of the Communications Security Establishment; and (c) in the case of information under the control of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, the Security Intelligence Review Committee.
March 20, 2017 Passed 14 The Committee is not entitled to have access to any of the following information: (a) a confidence of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada, as defined in subsection 39(2) of the Canada Evidence Act; (b) information the disclosure of which is described in subsection 11(1) of the Witness Protection Program Act; (c) the identity of a person who was, is or is intended to be, has been approached to be, or has offered or agreed to be, a confidential source of information, intelligence or assistance to the Government of Canada, or the government of a province or of any state allied with Canada, or information from which the person’s identity could be inferred; (d) information relating directly to an ongoing investigation carried out by a law enforcement agency that may lead to a prosecution.
March 20, 2017 Passed to sections 14 and 16, the Committee is entitled to have access to ed by litigation privilege or by solicitor-client privilege or the professional
March 20, 2017 Failed That Motion No. 3 be amended by deleting paragraph (a).
March 20, 2017 Failed
March 20, 2017 Passed and up to ten other members, each of whom must be a (2) The Committee is to consist of not more than three members who are members of the Senate and not more than eight members who are members of the House of Commons. Not more than five Committee members who
March 20, 2017 Passed That, in relation to Bill C-22, An Act to establish the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians and to make consequential amendments to certain Acts, not more than one further sitting day shall be allotted to the consideration at report stage of the Bill and one sitting day shall be allotted to the consideration at third reading stage of the said Bill; and That, 15 minutes before the expiry of the time provided for Government Orders on the day allotted to the consideration at report stage and on the day allotted to the consideration at third reading stage of the said Bill, any proceedings before the House shall be interrupted, if required for the purpose of this Order, and in turn every question necessary for the disposal of the stage of the Bill then under consideration shall be put forthwith and successively without further debate or amendment.
Oct. 4, 2016 Passed That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security.

Public Safety and National Security Committee, on Nov. 1, 2016

  • Ian McCowan, Deputy Secretary to the Cabinet, Legislation and House Planning and Machinery of Government, Privy Council Office
  • Linda Lizotte-MacPherson, President, Canada Border Services Agency
  • Michel Coulombe, Director, Canadian Security Intelligence Service
  • Heather Sheehy, Director of Operations, Machinery of Government, Privy Council Office
  • Malcolm Brown, Deputy Minister, Public Safety, Department of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness
  • Bob Paulson, Commissioner, Royal Canadian Mounted Police
  • John Davies, Director General, National Security Policy, Department of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness
  • Dominic Rochon, Deputy Chief, Policy and Communications, Communications Security Establishment

Public Safety and National Security Committee, on Nov. 3, 2016

  • Wesley Wark, Visiting Professor, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Ottawa, As an Individual
  • Ron Atkey, Adjunct Professor, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, As an Individual
  • Kent Roach, Professor, Faculty of Law, Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto, As an Individual
  • Craig Forcese, Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa, As an Individual

Public Safety and National Security Committee, on Nov. 15, 2016

  • Stephanie Carvin, Assistant Professor, The Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University, As an Individual
  • John Major, As an Individual
  • Ian McPhail, Chairperson, Civilian Review and Complaints Commission for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police
  • Jean-Pierre Plouffe, Commissioner, Office of the Communications Security Establishment Commissioner
  • J. William Galbraith, Executive Director, Office of the Communications Security Establishment Commissioner

Public Safety and National Security Committee, on Nov. 17, 2016

  • Stéphane Leman-Langlois, Full Professor, École de service social, Université Laval, As an Individual
  • Daniel Therrien, Privacy Commissioner of Canada, Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada
  • Michael Doucet, Executive Director, Security Intelligence Review Committee
  • Alex Neve, Secretary General, Amnesty International Canada
  • Charles Fugère, Acting Senior Counsel and Director, Security Intelligence Review Committee

Public Safety and National Security Committee, on Nov. 22, 2016

Public Safety and National Security Committee, on Nov. 24, 2016

  • Suzanne Legault, Information Commissioner of Canada, Office of the Information Commissioner of Canada

Public Safety and National Security Committee, on Nov. 29, 2016

  • Allen Sutherland, Assistant Secretary, Machinery of Government, Privy Council Office
  • John Davies, Director General, National Security Policy, Department of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness
  • Nancy Miles, Senior Legal Counsel, Privy Council Office
  • Heather Sheehy, Director of Operations, Machinery of Government, Privy Council Office

Public Safety and National Security Committee, on Dec. 6, 2016

  • Nancy Miles, Senior Legal Counsel, Privy Council Office
  • Allen Sutherland, Assistant Secretary, Machinery of Government, Privy Council Office
  • Heather Sheehy, Director of Operations, Machinery of Government, Privy Council Office
  • John Davies, Director General, National Security Policy, Department of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness