Mr. Speaker, again this is outside the limits of judicial overview within Canada because this is in foreign countries. We are targeting foreign entities. We do have substantial safeguards and regulations for how this is done. We do have a judicial person who is a commissioner who oversees CSE and ensures that in fact it stays within the laws of Canada, stays within the regulations and continues to operate in a lawful fashion. This is to try to stop terrorism, to make sure we get the information we need to stop that kind of problem from coming to Canada.
In the House of Commons on October 16th, 2001. See this statement in context.