My preference is to steer every new change through the intelligence commissioner process. The issue here is that these authorizations are broadly textured. At present, for example, for foreign intelligence I understand there are three ministerial authorizations and one cybersecurity authorization. They cover a whole orbit of specific activities.
If what the minister is proposing is novel and new, then it should be steered through the regular process involving the intelligence commissioner. If it's an extension of an existing authorization, I'd have to think about that. There is the prospect, of course, that the conduct of the minister is always subjected to back-end review by the NSIRA. I'd have to go back to the act to see how narrow the circumstances are for the minister to renew unilaterally.