Public Safety committee  [Technical difficulty—Editor] Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police, CACP, is to lead numerous efforts to promote coordination and collaboration amongst Canada's law enforcement community to address threats to national security. As part of these efforts, the CACP has implement

Public Safety committee  Could I just add something? Recognizing that national security investigations are a federal responsibility, we as a municipal agency often are far more likely to engage or encounter the issue at the first point of contact. What we are finding is that the issues we're dealing with

Public Safety committee  With the assistance of the federal government, at a municipal and provincial level, countering radicalization to violence is a key priority for the Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General's office in British Columbia, by way of example. We're creating a hub approach to th

Public Safety committee  The benefit of them once they are imposed is the ability, among other things, to conduct full-time surveillance on the subject if there's GPS tracking involved, interview the subject, and monitor the individual. It's effective in managing some of the threats posed by an individua

Public Safety committee  I'd like to add to that. The proposed increase of the threshold would limit the situations in which this tool could be used, as it requires us to demonstrate necessity in order to prevent terrorist activity. Yes, it would raise the threshold, and it would limit the range of our s

Public Safety committee  Legislative reform is required to keep pace with the changing technologies—that's the bottom line—everything from data preservation standards for corporations that hold data, as they're getting shorter and shorter, so that it's more of a challenge for police to collect that data.

Public Safety committee  On the heels of the chief's remarks, looking at it again, and from a municipal perspective, we're attempting to increase our number of secondments to RCMP E Division INSET unit. We currently have only two members seconded. We're going to three, but I would like to see that increa

Public Safety committee  Chief, can I jump in?

Public Safety committee  On the point you just made, to prove a component of a threat to the security of Canada, we're looking at having to collect evidence that demonstrates the crime was motivated by political, religious, or ideological objectives within Canada. The issue we have—and, again, you've a

Public Safety committee  I'll start. I don't know if there is an easy answer to that question. I'd say that the barrier of encryption prevents us from obtaining a full picture of the evidence that is in the possession of the individual the police are investigating. I've talked to some of my tech crime

Public Safety committee  Four high-risk travellers have been charged in absentia. As Chief Martin said, trying to collect the evidence of what foreign fighters were up to overseas is difficult in a theatre of war. We may collect evidence or be provided evidence, information, or intelligence, but this com

Public Safety committee  That's correct.

Public Safety committee  I can't speak for the CSE, but I would say that if you're looking at it in terms of law enforcement in Canada, we're having to seek judicial authorization to obtain this information. We're being challenged day in and day out by encryption. We're not arbitrarily going in and sea

Public Safety committee  Chief, can I just interject?

Public Safety committee  More so now than even in the last few years, I think we're looking at what appears to be the end of the caliphate. Where do these fighters go? I think what you're seeing in Europe and in the U.K. and potentially in the United States, could very well be reflected in what we see in