Public Safety committee  It may be important to note that Judge Noël did not order the destruction of the information in question. At the moment, we're keeping it because we are continuing our analysis of the decision and what it means for the impact on the organization. There could also be other reasons why we do not want to destroy the information at this time.

Public Safety committee  There is always the insider threat, yes, but again, there are a number of measures the service is taking, not just with that specific data bank, but with all of our holdings in terms of mitigating the risk of insider threat.

Public Safety committee  Like any risk, you cannot say you'll bring it down to zero.

Public Safety committee  As I mentioned, there is a risk. You cannot bring that risk to zero.

Public Safety committee  It is because our system is not connected to the outside.

Public Safety committee  They had been made aware that the program was in place, yes.

Public Safety committee  We had the right to appeal, but the decision was not to do so, and to accept the ruling of the Federal Court.

Public Safety committee  Are you asking me if it has changed since the decision?

Public Safety committee  No. the paragraph reads: “…CSIS, in consultation with the Department of Justice, interpreted the CSIS Act….”

Public Safety committee  The service's interpretation of the act was based on advice from the Department of Justice.

Public Safety committee  Because that is a legal question, I am going to turn to Mr. Frater, if I may.

Public Safety committee  The analysis program was started in 2006 and Justice Noël's decision was rendered in 2016. So it happened over a period of 10 years.

Public Safety committee  Yes, that's right. As I mentioned, the decision deals with a section of the associated data we collect and retain. When Justice Noël rendered his decision, we stopped accessing and analyzing all the associated data, in order to analyze the decision more thoroughly and to put mechanisms in place that would allow us to resume the program with the data we can retain.

Public Safety committee  Yes.

Public Safety committee  That is correct.