Thank you to all the witnesses. We have a very distinguished panel today.
I'd like to start with you, Mr. Major, because we haven't had someone of your eminence, if I can say so, before us before.
I noted a very interesting article in The Globe and Mail on March 1, in which you commented on a letter that was sent by 100 Canadian law professors calling this bill a danger to democracy and the rule of law. You said that the letter was way over the top, and that because we're dealing with a serious problem of terrorism in Canada, you can't have a half-hearted war against that. I found your comments very interesting, and I want to ask you two things.
You know, a good lawyer never asks questions they don't know the answer to, but I honestly don't know the answer to this. We've heard this morning and from other witnesses that this bill will allow everyone's personal information to be shared widely between all of the security and law enforcement agencies in Canada. We've also heard witnesses say that any activity that basically the government doesn't like can be disrupted under the guise of being a threat to the security of Canada.
I'd be interested to hear from you, as an eminent jurist, your assessment of the current provisions of the draft bill vis-à-vis these allegations of a breach of privacy and vulnerability to disruption of any activity and all activity across Canada.