Sven Spengemann at the Public Safety and National Security Committee

On January 28th, 2019. See this statement in context.

January 28th, 2019 / 4:05 p.m.

Liberal

Sven Spengemann Liberal Mississauga—Lakeshore, ON

Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you both for being here today.

I want to spend a couple of minutes talking about terrorist financing, the origin of FINTRAC in 2000 and the impetus in 2001 of 9/11.

I had the chance to work in the civil service between 2003 and 2005 on smart regulations. FINTRAC was an interlocutor in that exercise with the North American security perimeter. It's now 2019. Can you talk about what the trend lines have been for terrorist financing and how you work continuously to keep Canadians safe? I also serve on the defence committee, so there's a direct connection there into that line of work. How important is the work you're doing in the field of terrorist financing today, and what trend lines do you see?

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