If I may, I will read you one paragraph that I skipped over that I think responds to your question.
I value limited state intervention, but I also value peace, order, and good government. So when confronted with the rare and hard choice between individual freedoms, civil liberties, and privacy on the one hand, and public safety and collective security, it is within the federal government’s constitutional purview and obligation to err on the side of the latter, including foreign intelligence activity. The Canadian public gives Parliament and the security agencies that report to Canada’s political executive the benefit of the doubt.
I would go so far as saying that given the current global security environment, including the challenge of extremist travellers, the federal government has an obligation to Canadians to pass precisely the sorts of amendments that Bill C-44 proposes, and that those are in the vital interest of Canada and Canadians. Tactically, operationally, strategically, and fiscally, this is the sort of way to compensate for the limits on CSIS to engage in foreign human intelligence gathering.
In light of the current global security environment, it is vital that CSIS be able to conduct and have the capacities that are being introduced in sharing with foreign human and security intelligence so the Canadian government can realize its responsibilities.