Evidence of meeting #30 for Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics in the 42nd Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was rcmp.

A recording is available from Parliament.

On the agenda

MPs speaking

Also speaking

Robert Mundie  Director General, Corporate Secretariat, Canada Border Services Agency
Rennie Marcoux  Chief Strategic Policy and Planning Officer, Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Michael Peirce  Assistant Director Intelligence, Canadian Security Intelligence Service
Stefanie Beck  Assistant Deputy Minister, Corporate Services, Department of Citizenship and Immigration
Dan Proulx  Director, Access to Information and Privacy Division, Canada Border Services Agency
Commissioner Joe Oliver  Assistant Commissioner, Technical Operations, Royal Canadian Mounted Police

October 25th, 2016 / 12:55 p.m.

Assistant Director Intelligence, Canadian Security Intelligence Service

Michael Peirce

I couldn't untangle in terms of numbers the exact proportion of information. I can say that we work extremely closely with CSEC and that we have aligned our priorities so that we can work in a collaborative way to be as effective as possible. There's no question that significant information collected by CSEC is very important to our investigations, particularly our overseas investigations, in relation to, for example, foreign fighters, and we will rely on CSEC's capacity to operate internationally to provide that kind of information to us.

We work closely. We have regular meetings with CSEC to align those operational priorities. We do what's called HUMINT enabled SIGINT and SIGINT enabled HUMINT, that is, we rely on their collection to facilitate our investigation, and they will rely on our collection to facilitate their investigation. That proves particularly productive and is something that has really evolved in the last five years or so to a very strong level of co-operation.

12:55 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Blaine Calkins

Thank you very much to the witnesses who appeared before the committee today. Most of you are no strangers to appearing before the committee. Thank you very much for your clear and concise answers. If we need any follow-up or supplemental information, we will be requesting that.

Mr. Peirce, we will be looking forward to an analysis brief on the proposed changes and their effect on CSIS.

I am going to suspend the meeting and ask folks who are not members of Parliament.... If you think you shouldn't be here, chances are you shouldn't. We are going to move in camera, so I would ask that the room be cleared very quickly.

Thank you.

[Proceedings continue in camera]