Mr. John Davies at the Public Safety and National Security Committee

On April 23rd, 2018. See this statement in context.

April 23rd, 2018 / 3:55 p.m.

Director General, National Security Policy, Department of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness

Again, as we went through with NSIRA, this is just a draft, and we do not quote the exact phrasing used in the CSIS Act in particular, which made it clear that the review bodies would have access to common law privileged information. It was left out. It was inadvertent. We don't want any confusion with that.

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