LaVar Payne at the Public Safety and National Security Committee

On July 5th, 2010. See this statement in context.

July 5th, 2010 / 12:45 p.m.

Conservative

LaVar Payne Conservative Medicine Hat, AB

Thank you.

We certainly know that CSIS is dedicated to the protection of Canada's national interests and the safety of Canadians. Certainly it's one of the most monitored agencies in the world.

You said there's merit in CSIS being more open about the threats to our national security, and yet what CSIS does is to prosecute an inherently secretive mandate. How do you reconcile these two seemingly irreconcilable differences?

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