The presumption contained within this legislation is that the individual will be released. That is the presumption. These are tested in the Canadian judicial system, which I'm quite sure we all have confidence in, and we have the oversight and the safeguards. Mr. Chair, in your review you will go through all those safeguards that I began to outline for Ms. Mourani, and I'm confident that this will work well.
The stakes are pretty high. Let's face it, we're talking about terrorist activity. We know that Canada is targeted for terrorist activity, as are other countries, and we have to have provisions. We have to meet that need.
In terms of the proper balance, I believe we have struck that balance here. These measures have been on the books for the first seven years of this decade--