Public Safety committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I'm happy to provide a brief overview of the measures being proposed in Bill C-59, specifically with regard to the prevention of terrorist travel act in tandem with the proposed changes to the Canadian passport order. The proposed amendments underline the g

Public Safety committee  I'll try to do that and I'll look to my colleagues to support me here. Just to be clear, the reference to temporary investigation was with respect to cancellation of passports. Cancellation is seen as to allow an investigation to continue. The person is given notice—or not, dep

Public Safety committee  I'll try. The first thing to say is that the legislative changes contained in the budget implementation act are really around the disclosure of information and protecting sensitive information as the decisions are made. The changes to the Canadian passport order that were announ

Public Safety committee  It's very similar to the discussion we had with the secure air travel act. There are very similar provisions in that, as well as within the changes to the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act proposed in division 15. Often the cases around passport revocation, refusal, or can

Public Safety committee  Certainly, if it were a sensitive source, if the name of the person who has offered information, say, to a law enforcement or intelligence body were made public, obviously that person's life could be at risk. If the information coming from our allies were made public, then obviou

Public Safety committee  For sure.

Public Safety committee  That's right.

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

Public Safety committee  Again, the act itself is only about disclosure. When you look at it, it's very similar to the passenger protect program, the secure air travel act sections on protecting sensitive information on an appeal or judicial review. The Canadian passport order goes into more detail, es

Public Safety committee  Yes.