Rémi Massé at the Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics Committee

On November 22nd, 2016. See this statement in context.

November 22nd, 2016 / 12:30 p.m.

Liberal

Rémi Massé Liberal Avignon—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia, QC

Thank you, Mr. Chair.

I'll ask my questions in French. I'll address Professor Wark first.

You referred to the recent Federal Court ruling that the Canadian Security Intelligence Service illegally retained data for 10 years. The court criticized CSIS for retaining metadata that wasn't directly related to threats to the security of Canada.

The Federal Court decision specified that, in practice, CSIS no longer needs a warrant to obtain information from the Canada Revenue Agency following the enactment of the Security of Canada Information Sharing Act.

Can you explain why a warrant is no longer required to access the information? You referred to the reason, but I want to hear your comments on this subject in particular.

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