Public Safety committee  The way it changes the approach, as I was mentioning earlier, is that, if some of these measures were to limit the freedom of the individual, then the service needs to apply for a warrant to the Federal Court. There is a list in the bill that prescribes the types of activities we

Public Safety committee  I will provide some comments, if the committee is comfortable with that. First and foremost, it's important to say that all CSIS activities must comply with the charter. The minister explained the way the previous bill—Bill C-51, which became law—was constructed. There may have

Public Safety committee  Absolutely. If the bill is passed, the unselected data will be separated out. Only the designated people will be able to have access to that information. There will be no question of taking a dataset and mixing it in with our threat-related data. Unselected data will be segregate

Public Safety committee  Here is what we do. We do not start our investigations from selected data. We start them from factors that are related to threats. If an identified target is implicated in potential terrorism or espionage, and if we see that that person is in contact with someone—certain inform

Public Safety committee  Thank you for your question, Mr. Dubé. My answer comes in two parts. First, as I briefly mentioned just now, a number of measures already allow us to collect, use and keep information. It starts with the Minister, who will determine the category of information we can use. That

Public Safety committee  Thank you for the question. Actually, we do not have the power and we never had the power of detention. This is a power that is reserved only to the police. The way we deal with threats, essentially, is that we investigate, we collect intelligence, and we inform our partners. W

Public Safety committee  Thank you, Mr. Minister. Mr. Picard, let me give you an idea of the way in which we interpret Justice Noël's decision. The service has a list of issues that can be raised when we go to court to get warrants. That means that the court has a number of issues about which it raise

Public Safety committee  All information that the service gathers must be absolutely linked to our mandate, which is to monitor threats to the security of Canada. From the outset, the information we collect must be related to a threat to the security of Canada. Bill C-59 sets out categories of informati

Public Safety committee  The balancing of the resources available is obviously a very important issue for any accounting officer of any department. In my case, when I arrived at CSIS, I had a chance to work with very experienced people who knew the business really well. I had had the opportunity to know

Public Safety committee  I am extremely privileged to be leading an organization like CSIS. The men and women of CSIS are talented. They work extremely hard at protecting Canada's national interests and defending Canadians. I'm always amazed to see the quality of the people we have. Recruiting people is