Information & Ethics committee  I don't really have much to add. Mr. Burt covered exactly the point. We collect information. We certainly don't then turn around, whether it be under our authorities or under these new SCISA authorities, and share it in bulk. The information that we collect, we then assess. T

Information & Ethics committee  We don't collect the Canadian information, and we wouldn't be sending specifically private communications about Canadians. That being said, we're part of a Five Eyes, cryptologic, long-standing arrangement. We have a long-standing agreement that we don't conduct activities on our

Information & Ethics committee  That's exactly the same. Part (c) of our mandate essentially gives us—

Information & Ethics committee  Correct.

Information & Ethics committee  It's a complicated question. In terms of the information we collect in our foreign signals intelligence mandate, we need to make sure that it meets with an intelligence priority as set by the government, that it pertains to international security and defence. That's sort of our

Information & Ethics committee  I would agree with that. It's very similar in terms of our foreign signals intelligence activities as well as cyber-threat activities. If we've collected information that's useful and there's an ongoing threat, we're going to continue to use that information. Obviously, we're no

Information & Ethics committee  I'll just break into English, if you'll allow me, because I'm a bit more familiar with some of the terminology and how we do things. In terms of our disclosure of information, we have a clear mandate—in part (a) of our mandate—to collect foreign signals intelligence. We do that

Information & Ethics committee  Yes. Because we have long-standing practices of information sharing with, for example, the RCMP and CSIS, we offer people who are experts in our operational policies to go and meet with people within their shops. We have protocols set up, so exchange of information just doesn't

Information & Ethics committee  I wouldn't necessarily draw that conclusion. I think Mr. Roussel mentioned that the legislation is still recent. Of course, we haven't used the legislation yet. It's difficult for me to tell you, after a year, if the legislation is very useful. However, I think it could be useful

Information & Ethics committee  I'll use foreign signals intelligence as an example and I'll leave part (b) aside for the moment. What they understand is that we collect foreign signals intelligence in accordance with intelligence priorities that are set by cabinet. They understand what those intelligence prio

Information & Ethics committee  I would echo that no.

Information & Ethics committee  We actually have a foundational operational policy, and that policy is entitled “Protecting the Privacy of Canadians and Ensuring Legal Compliance in the Conduct of CSE Activities”. I'm responsible for operational policy within our organization, and that's the foundational policy

Information & Ethics committee  That's an interesting question. I wasn't expecting that. To be fair, I don't know specifically what the answer to that question would be. I would say that, no, we don't get anonymous tips through brown envelopes and the like. We do have, obviously, long-standing partnerships with

Information & Ethics committee  Thank you and good afternoon, Mr. Chair and members of the committee. My name is Dominic Rochon, and I am CSE's deputy chief for policy and communications. I'll add that I have the distinction of being CSE's chief privacy officer and the delegated authority under the Access to

Public Safety committee  Not surprisingly, I'm going to agree with my colleagues, but I will say that it will be a welcome opportunity to provide a picture from the security and intelligence community. Often when something happens, we're often questioned either through the RCMP lens or the CSIS lens or t