Thank you.
That is not what the government's been saying. What we've been saying all along—I remember doing panels on this—is that Canadians would expect that we take national security and privacy rights into consideration. We've done that through this bill. There are adequate safeguards in this bill. We've heard that from various witnesses.
The heart of this is that it ties back to, as Mr. Garrison mentioned, his subamendment to our government amendment. Time is of the essence. We need to ensure that if there is a one-off situation when agencies need to relay the information quickly, they will not be burdened by having to wait for some formal fancy agreement to take place.
We heard from witness after witness. These are the credible experts in law enforcement, intelligence gathering, and so forth, people who have been involved in studying terrorism. Every one of them agreed the threat is real, but it has evolved and is growing.
For those reasons I will not be supporting this amendment either.