Mr. Eric Vernon at the Public Safety and National Security Committee

On February 10th, 2011. See this statement in context.

February 10th, 2011 / 10:05 a.m.

Director, Government Relations and International Affairs, Canadian Jewish Congress

I think the thing to keep in mind is that these powers are necessary to interdict activity before it happens. There are, as has been stated, powers that do permit that, but these powers I think will provide extra authority to make sure that these kinds of activities don't happen.

We've talked about the failures of the security forces with respect to certain individuals—

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