Information & Ethics committee  To begin with, I think it would be important for the committee members to understand from the various agencies here today just what mechanisms they already have in place to ensure that there's proper use of the information. Certainly from the CNSC that test starts with relevance.

Information & Ethics committee  For external oversight, perhaps all I can offer is that all decisions of the commission can be reviewed by the Federal Court, so ultimately there is that outlet.

Information & Ethics committee  Well, I'd like to stress that the CNSC does not collect personal information in the context of security, so we would not say that that's the case.

Information & Ethics committee  Again, there has been no impact on either our mandate or our operations. But in terms of commentary, we would view SCISA as being a very efficient, effective, and consistent framework to facilitate information sharing across a broad range of government entities.

Information & Ethics committee  For CNSC, likewise, we have not received or disclosed and we've seen no misuse.

Information & Ethics committee  Good afternoon, Mr. Chairman and honourable members of the committee. My name is Terry Jamieson and I’m the vice-president of the technical support branch at the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission, or CNSC. I’m joined today by Lisa Thiele, our senior general counsel. Thank you

Justice committee  If I might add, these IPPAS missions are important for two reasons. As Monsieur Awad has just said, they clearly demonstrate that our expertise in the physical protection of nuclear materials is top-notch and sought after by other countries when they look to review their own syst

Justice committee  In terms of the number of containers that are inspected, of course a 100% inspection can't be achieved, but there is scanning on virtually 100% of these containers as they leave the major port facilities in Canada. The scanning is very effective to the point that containers with

Justice committee  In particular, we have formalized arrangements for pre-notification of shipments across our borders. Before any such materials leave the U.S., we're notified and vice versa. We cooperate quite frequently with the U.S. in training and exercises: we'll observe some of their secur

Justice committee  This would be the last step in the broader sense of harmonizing. The physical arrangements are already in place. This just allows us to conclude the legal arrangements.

Justice committee  Thank you. I will answer first, and then I am going to ask Mr. Awad to provide a few details. We work in lockstep, particularly with our U.S. colleagues. In fact, our training program and protection requirements were largely modelled on the U.S. Department of Energy requirement

Justice committee  I would offer that we have a very free exchange of information with our partners, but of course security items are on a need-to-know basis. I do want to assure you that in terms of evaluating the constantly changing threat environment, there's an absolutely free flow of informati

Justice committee  Again, I would offer my opinion that these facilities, the nuclear power plants and the Chalk River facility, are protected probably to the best extent and the best practical extent that they can be protected. I think this is evidenced by the fact that there has never been an att

Justice committee  Our number one priority is to ensure that no threat is posed to these nuclear materials in the first place. As I mentioned in my opening remarks, our activities are largely preventive in nature. We do have some limited ability to fine individuals for contraventions of our regulat

Justice committee  Bill S-9 is required to allow us to ratify because there are specific requirements to have acts of nuclear terrorism considered as Criminal Code offences.