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National Defence committee Do you want to answer?
March 21st, 2017Committee meeting
Jean-Pierre Plouffe
National Defence committee Not right now.
March 21st, 2017Committee meeting
Jean-Pierre Plouffe
National Defence committee Yes, I agree, but let's say CSE's procedure to do that would be for CSE to prepare a memorandum to cabinet suggesting that the National Defence Act be amended and then the cabinet would look at that and approve or disapprove whatever.
March 21st, 2017Committee meeting
Jean-Pierre Plouffe
National Defence committee This is all in my annual report, which is public.
March 21st, 2017Committee meeting
Jean-Pierre Plouffe
National Defence committee No, but for example, pages 43 to 44—
March 21st, 2017Committee meeting
Jean-Pierre Plouffe
National Defence committee There are not 12.
March 21st, 2017Committee meeting
Jean-Pierre Plouffe
National Defence committee No, I'm sorry, I don't think I said 12.
March 21st, 2017Committee meeting
Jean-Pierre Plouffe
National Defence committee I'm saying my predecessor and I have made recommendations over the last 12 years for amendments to the National Defence Act. I'm told that those recommendations are accepted, but I'm waiting to see whether or not they will be accepted on paper. I have been told verbally that this is coming soon, but I don't have access to the memorandum to cabinet.
March 21st, 2017Committee meeting
Jean-Pierre Plouffe
National Defence committee That question is asked all the time. How can you effectively review the CSE activities, with, let's say, 10 people, whatever, when CSE is composed of 2,000 people? As we said previously, we proceed, with regard to a review of activities, with a risk analysis. In other words, every year we look at the situation and decide what we should do with regard to reviews.
March 21st, 2017Committee meeting
Jean-Pierre Plouffe
National Defence committee Do you want to talk about this?
March 21st, 2017Committee meeting
Jean-Pierre Plouffe
National Defence committee That's especially true at the tender age of 74.
March 21st, 2017Committee meeting
Jean-Pierre Plouffe
National Defence committee It's a young 74, though.
March 21st, 2017Committee meeting
Jean-Pierre Plouffe
National Defence committee As I mentioned in my opening remarks, the law was enacted in 2001 following the events of September 11. In the meantime, the technology has evolved. The legal landscape has evolved. The threat environment has evolved. The law has not kept up. That's why I'm pushing for those amendments to the National Defence Act.
March 21st, 2017Committee meeting
Jean-Pierre Plouffe
National Defence committee It's with regard to ambiguities to start with, and also I made a recommendation to modify my role as CSE commissioner. At the present time the minister, through an authorization, could authorize CSE to intercept private communications abroad incidentally or unintentionally, if you wish.
March 21st, 2017Committee meeting
Jean-Pierre Plouffe
National Defence committee CSE is governed by part V.1 of the National Defence Act.
March 21st, 2017Committee meeting
Jean-Pierre Plouffe