Ms. Sophie Beecher at the Public Safety and National Security Committee

On May 26th, 2015. See this statement in context.

May 26th, 2015 / 9:35 a.m.

Counsel, Public Safety Canada, Legal Services, Department of Justice

That's right. The judge will have seen the information, but will not be able to consider it if the government has withdrawn it. This provision is found in other Canadian legislation, including the Canada Evidence Act.

Normally, we would use the Canada Evidence Act. However, we are opting out of the Canada Evidence Act with this legislation, and we are using the specified mechanism.

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