I'm going to call the 27th meeting of the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security to order.
Welcome to our guests. Thank you for coming to help our committee.
We are in the very early stages of framing our study on the national security framework of Canada and looking at how Canadians understand the need to balance national security concerns with maintaining our civil and human rights.
That is the framework we are doing. We'll have both the legislative review going on and recommendations to the government on what legislative changes need to be made to ensure that this is the balance Canadians are looking for. We are also going to be looking at other issues that may arise as we have hearings.
Our hearings will be in Ottawa and will be driven by a variety of individuals who have expertise as well as organizations and agencies that are engaged in this kind of work. We will also have five meetings across the country in various cities.
You are our first witnesses on this brand-new study. You have a wonderful and unique opportunity to shape our work.
We're going to begin with remarks from the Privacy Commissioner, Mr. Therrien, and then Professor Wark, and then the committee will ask questions.