That would certainly be concerning, I would think as a Canadian generally, but it's fair enough, if that's your department's position.
For the rest of the table, there is a very heated debate surrounding the creation of SCISA. Many were concerned that the new information-sharing powers provided to our intelligence organizations were too broad and were not sufficiently accompanied by appropriate oversight mechanisms.
Could we get everybody to comment? Since SCISA has come into force have you seen any abuse of the new information-sharing powers, or misuse of them?
We'll start with Mr. Drake and go in order of the speakers.