Public Safety committee  I would suggest to you that the numbers speak for themselves. I did comment earlier that anywhere from 45 to 60 Canadians are overseas right now involved in terrorism-related activity. Canada has an obligation to the international community and to Canadian citizens. We have to

Public Safety committee  Yes, the only thing I would add to that is to emphasize the point Monik has made. It's a very personal thing, the radicalization. What radicalizes one will not necessarily radicalize others. In some cases it's a personal connection to an individual, and in other cases it may be

Public Safety committee  Well, from a CSIS perspective, I would suggest to you that the Security Intelligence Review Committee can see everything that we are engaged in.

Public Safety committee  Exactly. I don't want to get drawn down the path of what other agencies may or may not require in terms of oversight. Certainly, that's not something within my expertise, nor do I think it is appropriate that we should comment on it. However, I can emphasize that the Security I

Public Safety committee  I think the specialized functions of the inspector general have now been inherited by the Security Intelligence Review Committee. At the same time, the government has managed to save $1 million of taxpayers' money. I think overall it's been a very good thing. From our perspective

Public Safety committee  I'm not familiar with burner phones, Mr. Scott, but I can tell you the technology is changing on a daily basis, and it's very difficult for us to keep up. Our targets have access to technology. In some cases our targets are using cutting-edge technology that we don't have the ab

Public Safety committee  It would provide us difficulties, no doubt.

Public Safety committee  I know the British system is similar to our own in many cases, and in many cases it's different. I'm not familiar with those specific orders.

Public Safety committee  I think there are two options in that regard, but the Justice officials would probably be better to ask.

Public Safety committee  I think the issue is around disclosure. Certainly, we can disclose to law enforcement. We can provide investigative leads. It does get complicated when we're trying to protect our human sources from identification. Obviously, in a counterterrorism investigation where we have huma

Public Safety committee  That's correct.

Public Safety committee  That's a fair assessment. Obviously, there have been other occasions where we've provided them with our human source who they've turned into a government agent, for court purposes, but those situations are rare. Our preference is that they will engage in their own investigative p

Public Safety committee  Perhaps I could jump in here, but not with any concrete examples because we can't go there. I think what you are alluding to are things such as purchasing a cellphone that's disposable, and providing that to an individual upon arrival if that individual is here in Canada to do

Public Safety committee  I would suggest that's a logical conclusion, certainly.

Public Safety committee  I have.