Ramzi Nashef at the Public Safety and National Security Committee

May 28th, 2026 / 6:20 p.m.

Director General, Policy, Planning and Accountability, Canadian Security Intelligence Service

—just in the sense that there are a lot of layers to the question you just asked me.

In fact, not to challenge the premise, but it would be my view that we're not asking for a government-mandated access point. It would be, again, intercept-capable. That's the language we would use.

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