I believe that the Security Intelligence Review Committee would have continued in its function. I don't think there's going to be an overlap or a duplication. Again, I use the term the “committee of parliamentarians” as being parliamentarians having responsibilities other than just full-time responsibilities for the security intelligence matters before them. It's a necessary system in a democracy, but it is not a substitute for the detailed expert review that is undertaken by some of the other mechanisms, such as SIRC. I think the 25 to 30 year history of SIRC has proven that with a variety of members and a very expanded staff, and the enhanced budgeting granted by the previous government, it has been able to undertake the necessary research, which would be complementary to the work of a committee of parliamentarians.
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