Nathaniel Erskine-Smith at the Public Safety and National Security Committee

On October 6th, 2016. See this statement in context.

October 6th, 2016 / 4:15 p.m.

Liberal

Nathaniel Erskine-Smith Liberal Beaches—East York, ON

Thank you for appearing, Minister.

I'm going to start with the simple premise that when we limit Canadians' rights, we have to justify that those limits are necessary. I want to speak to the threat reduction powers specifically. Can you speak to the necessity for these powers? What was wrong with the previous regime, and why are these reduction powers necessary?

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