These are serious authorities who require serious accountabilities, oversight, and review. The intent behind including the Minister of Foreign Affairs is the fact that there are international policy and international law implications to these kinds of activities that need to be considered. We are a clandestine agency acting covertly against foreign threat adversaries, not always with their permission. Therefore, the element that the Minister of Foreign Affairs can consider the international policy and international law implications was seen as an important part of that. As well, in the legislation, the Minister of Foreign Affairs can request that CSE undertake these kinds of activities, so that request, and also approving how ultimately they would be conducted, that is the reason for that provision being in there.
On April 24th, 2018. See this statement in context.