The short answer is that it addresses one problem with the section. Ultimately, the question for me—and I've listened to a lot of the discussion and the debate around this bill—and the issue that I've yet to hear an explanation of is why the CSIS Act definition is not being used and why this broader definition is being created at all. There's been no explanation. All the debate around this has been around terrorism and Islamic jihadist terrorism. Nothing in the CSIS Act would prevent any of that work being done. I have a lot of difficulty understanding. That's already, in my view, a definition that's quite broad and there's been criticism, even from SIRC and others, about the scope of that definition. This is a much broader definition.
On March 25th, 2015. See this statement in context.