Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Thank you, Minister Day, Minister Toews, and the officials.
Some have argued in the last many months that things have changed in Canada. I think it's within the context of the arrests in Toronto. I'm not quite sure, but I would argue that things really haven't changed, that we knew this kind of activity was going on in Canada. In our briefings, CSIS referred to that.
What has changed is that we have a new government. Just to reflect on what Tom Wappel, my colleague, said, what we're hearing from the new government is that generally.... Mr. Toews, you've raised the issue of the definition of terrorism, but generally you're comfortable. As you've said, you're anxious to hear from the committee, but the thrust is largely the same.
I had a couple of questions with respect to the arrests in Toronto.
One, I'm a little confused. I've read in some secondary information that the tools of preventative arrest and investigative hearings, those tools in Bill C-36, were not used for those particular arrests. I wonder if you could clarify that.
Second, it seems there was a lot of cooperation between CSIS, the RCMP, the CBSA, provincial police, and other law enforcement. Would you confirm that--that there was a high level of cooperation, and that the levels of coordination have improved significantly over the last many years?