Thank you, Mr. Chair.
The concern I have—and it is a policy concern—is that “threats to the security of Canada” is a term that is used extensively in the CSIS Act for a purpose that is specific to CSIS's mandate. It would be problematic, therefore, to employ the same term for two distinct purposes in Canadian law and could lead to interpretive issues with the term in the context of the CSIS Act in the future, something that should obviously be avoided.
Before I ask the officials to comment with their view, because I hope they would have something to offer on this—and I think they probably do, especially since we're talking about interpretive issues—this same concern that I've expressed applies to Green Party-27, NDP-68, Green Party-28, NDP-75, and Green Party-34.