Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you all for your valuable contribution and outstanding work.
My question is for Commissioner Paulson and Director Coulombe. If other people wish to add to the answer, that would also be appreciated.
Clause 8 states:
The mandate of the Committee is to review (a) the legislative, regulatory, policy, administrative and financial framework for national security and intelligence; (b) any activity carried out by a department that relates to national security or intelligence, unless the appropriate Minister determines that the review would be injurious to national security;
Something bothers me. The members of the committee are sworn to secrecy, correct? The members of the committee cannot disclose the information they receive. So if they cannot disclose the information they receive, how could sharing information with them be injurious to national security?
Mr. Coulombe, Mr. Paulson, in your organizations, people work in secret, in teams and a number of people are already familiar with the information. How would disclosing the information to seven or eight more people compromise national security?