We put forward this amendment because throughout the testimony, and even sometimes in the media, I heard from some of my colleagues that somehow CSIS was being turned into a secret police and that we're moving to a police state and everything else. Of course, we've heard this before. We've heard similar comments from organizations going way back to 1983. But I just want to be clear that Bill C-51 does not give CSIS police powers. There's no ability to arrest. Under Bill C-51, CSIS will remain a civilian security intelligence agency dedicated to investigating and addressing threats to the security of Canada, including the amendments in this bill. Nonetheless, we have added this proposed subsection:
(4) For greater certainty, nothing in subsection (1) confers on the Service any law enforcement power.
We do so in order to clearly set aside any of the rhetoric we have heard about secret police and so forth. That is completely ridiculous and complete and utter nonsense, and that's why we've added this amendment to the bill.