Thank you very much.
I thank Mr. Easter for drawing our attention to that specific section of the letter from Mr. Therrien. I think it's important to read in the record what the Privacy Commissioner says here:
The threshold for information sharing is of central importance to striking the right balance in the protection of privacy rights. Applying a relevant standard because it exposes the personal information of everyone would contribute greatly to society where national security agencies would have virtually limitless powers to monitor and profile ordinary Canadians.
That's a very strong warning from the Privacy Commissioner about changing the standard from “necessary” to “relevant”. He points out that the standard of “necessary“, as Mr. Easter mentioned, is the one established in section 12 of the CSIS Act itself, which the government has seen no reason to amend, otherwise it would included that act in this bill.