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

November 24th, 2016 / 4:25 p.m.

Liberal

Nathaniel Erskine-Smith Liberal Beaches—East York, ON

Absolutely.

You're suggesting we delete the ministerial veto power in paragraph 8(b). CSIS director Michel Coulombe testified in front of us. His example and a justification for a refusal might be that it would prejudice ongoing operations by pulling people out of the field. That makes a certain degree of sense. Would you be more comfortable with paragraph 8(b) if it were limited to a circumstance such as that?

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