Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
I also want to thank you, Minister Nicholson, as well as your officials, for being here.
As our chair said, it's the first time we've had you at our committee, and we welcome you. We're very pleased that we can look at this important bill that our government obviously supports and believes to be an important tool in fighting terrorism.
Minister, I want to ask you specifically about the two provisions you spoke about, which will be reinstated with this bill. My understanding is that they ceased to exist in 2007 and that our Prime Minister and our government, ever since then, have been working to reinstate them. Can you explain in layman's terms what “recognizance with conditions” is and is not, in terms of the rights that individuals would still have as opposed to the rights of someone who was actually placed under arrest? Can you explain what it is and why it's an important tool for law enforcement to have in fighting terrorism?