Thank you.
First, we are a review body, the distinction being that if we were an oversight body, we would be involved with their active day-to-day operations and the examination of their activities. Rather, we review all their activities on a post hoc basis. We selectively look at issues in their operations that are of concern to us and we examine them. Over a period of time, every element of what they do, in a major sort of principled way, is examined.
With respect to your question about their activities in terms of foreign operations, the point we're making is that over time, they have been collecting information and are involved in activities that I think are fairly well known publicly with respect to Afghanistan. In the interests of the security of our personnel over there, they are gathering information that's of critical importance with respect to kidnappings that have taken place over recent times that involved Canadians. Even, I think, when there was a major Hamas uprising in Lebanon, there were many Canadians there, and it was important to have information on the ground that was of critical importance, from a security standpoint.
Things of that nature have evolved over the years as a requirement of intelligence gathering for the betterment and security of Canadians. So in that respect, we have, in at least three different reviews, examined that to see whether they are adhering to their legislation, their own policy structure, ministerial direction, and national security requirements.