Yes, but sir, you did indicate that they had violated Canadian law.
My secondary question on that is this. If the threshold is too high to meet and to charge them, is there anything in this bill that does that, or will it be new legislation? You can answer that with my other question.
When you go to the bill, it specifies “within or outside Canada” for CSIS action under its collection duties in proposed new subsection 12(1) and under its investigation functions in proposed new subsection 15(1). This bill introduces an extraterritorial element within the checks and balances present in section 16, regarding foreign intelligence, of the obligation of consultation with the minister of foreign affairs.
From that complicated wording, under foreign affairs, if Canada is going to have some of its people do something, there's a check with the foreign affairs minister, because anything we do in a foreign country can impact us in other areas with that foreign country.
As I see it under this bill, there are no checks and balances where CSIS is going to do something that violates the law of another country but is able to do so because of the warrants issued within Canada. There doesn't seem to be a need for those checks and balances to protect our foreign affairs interests whether in trade or in other areas.
Can you, or someone, clarify that for me? Where are the checks and balances to protect Canada's interest when we take action under this section?