Mr. Chair, this is a small amendment, but I think it's an important one in that it indicates the tendency of the government to overreach as it drafted the legislation. As drafted, the legislation says that CSIS could keep each and every one of its employees' names secret. It could become an entirely secret organization.
I think the intent of it, which I think is valid, is to say if people are likely to be assigned to covert activities in the future, then their identity could be protected. That's why we've chosen to say “designated”. When someone is hired and is being trained as an agent who's going to work in the field, you designate them as that, and then you can protect their identity, instead of having this overly broad statement that simply allows protection of the identity of everyone who has ever worked or who might in future work for CSIS.