You will hear from law enforcement agencies and I'm sure you will hear from the RCMP, and you'll hear from them that they want to have the ability to prevent or break up possible terrorist activity in this country. They tell me in my discussions with them that they will have to move very quickly when they come across evidence or when information is brought before them.
Again I go back to what I said to you earlier. The Criminal Code provisions are just not enough; we have to move forward. We have to have tools on the books—as we did for most of this decade with respect to this—so that if and when the RCMP or other law enforcement agencies come across this kind of activity and want to break up or prevent terrorist activity or gain information on possible terrorist activity.... The tools have to be on the books.
At the same time, I hear what you're saying with respect to those safeguards. In response to Ms. Mourani, I started to list all the different safeguards that are in here. I think they're quite impressive, and I would commend to your review all the safeguards we are putting in here, because it is important to have these tools. At the same time, we have to make sure we safeguard the rights of individual Canadians who may become involved with this. I'm satisfied that the balance is reached with this piece of legislation.
Thank you for your comments.