Thank you, Chair.
Certainly I disagree with the amendment. It's contrary to the intent of the bill. The bill gives CSIS a broad mandate to take measures to reduce threats to the security of Canada, and as long as they are reasonable and proportional as well as charter-compliant.... The amendment would prevent CSIS from taking a wide range of threat reduction measures, and would weaken its ability to address threats to national security.
The amendment, by removing the authority of judges to consider only relevant Canadian law and authorizing measures outside Canada, would force CSIS to be aware at all times of any international or foreign legal impacts of our proposed activity and an unreasonable standard to be met.
I think that's enough on that.