Public Safety committee  Again, as the chair said, the government made a decision to put the act into the budget....

Public Safety committee  That's right.

Public Safety committee  Thank you. The Prime Minister decides.

Public Safety committee  I'm not sure we can answer that. Maybe it would be a stand-alone act.

Public Safety committee  That's correct. In regard to national security decisions, the Minister of Public Safety will be making the decisions on passports.

Public Safety committee  Not that I'm aware of.

Public Safety committee  Yes. I think we're again talking about cancellation of the passport. You're correct. If they get a notification, they will have 30 days to apply for administrative review and then there's a reconsideration process. There's a back and forth exchange with the individual. They have

Public Safety committee  That individual would receive a summary of the information against them for sure.

Public Safety committee  Yes.

Public Safety committee  The existing situation is that the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration makes the decision on national security grounds. The change here is that the Minister of Public Safety will be making those decisions. Similar to the Minister of Public Safety's role in the passenger prote

Public Safety committee  No, the Minister of Public Safety now assumes the power.

Public Safety committee  Yes, for national security reasons only. That's contained in the Canadian passport order that was made public a few weeks ago. That's one issue.

Public Safety committee  Yes.

Public Safety committee  That's right.

Public Safety committee  The passport order does not spell out in detail the definition of national security. That definition is pretty much the same as it has been since 2003. There are a lot of definitions for national security in various acts—in the CSIS Act, in the security of Canada information shar