I thought the whole point of this bill, or at least one of the points, was to clarify a question that the Federal Court raised about this, because the Federal Court basically.... I'm trying to find the decision. Maybe other people know. The Federal Court basically said that it was not sure if it could issue warrants for CSIS activities overseas, which I think we all agree are necessary because security risks are highly mobile.
The court said that it was just not sure if it had the jurisdiction to do that, so I thought the whole point of the bill was to clarify that, yes indeed, it has jurisdiction to authorize our intelligence services to pursue sources in other countries. Also, some of these countries may not share Canadian values and Canadian human rights norms, so we're saying that it's our law, which I think we all agree is probably the gold standard in protecting people and in being concerned about rights, that will be the operative law.
If we pass this amendment, we would be obviating one of the key points of having the bill to begin with, which is to clarify for the courts what their jurisdiction is in issuing warrants.
Am I wrong about that?