Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
I would like to thank our witnesses for their extremely important testimony on Bill C-51.
Mr. Forcese and Mr. Roach, I will start with you.
My questions are on the new powers being granted to the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, CSIS.
On Tuesday, the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness said that most of Canada's allies were already granting to their intelligence services powers similar to those provided for in Bill C-51, and that Canada was lagging behind.
According to your own research and expertise, is it true that our closest allies, I am thinking in particular of the Five Eyes, are giving powers to their intelligence services that are similar to the ones provided for in Bill C-51?