Mr. Chair, the service has the legal mandate to carry out its activities outside Canada. Under section 12 of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service Act, the service shall gather information on activities that may on reasonable grounds be suspected of constituting a threat. But there is no restriction on where that information can be collected, be it in Canada or abroad. In short, the Canadian Security Intelligence Service Act sets out that legal mandate.
On May 5th, 2010. See this statement in context.