Mr. Speaker, it is important that our security agencies have the resources and support to perform their jobs well, but the privacy of Canadians is also important.
We had the Privacy Commissioner appear before the committee, and he said the following:
Let me say up front that the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada is supportive of parliamentary oversight for security and intelligence activities, which has been proposed many times in the past. While we applaud this as a long-overdue development, some amendments could be considered to ensure this new committee will be as effective as possible
After hearing that testimony, we looked at what amendments needed to be made to ensure that we were having that effective balance between security and privacy.