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

On December 5th, 2017. See this statement in context.

December 5th, 2017 / 9:30 a.m.

Liberal

Nathaniel Erskine-Smith Liberal Beaches—East York, ON

I would agree. That makes sense, which would suggest that maybe we don't have a gap in efficacy review with Bill C-22 on the table.

In any event, the new super-SIRC committee and the new commissioner don't have the exact same powers in replacing SIRC and replacing the current CSE commissioner. I have a note here, for example, that the CSE commissioner has certain authorizations under the Inquiries Act that the new commissioner would not have, that the reporting requirements for SIRC are more stringent in some cases, including the number of warrants that have been authorized for CSIS.

When we roll CSIS into this super-SIRC, when you roll CSE into the new commissioner role, shouldn't they have the same reporting requirements and the same powers? If not, why not?

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