Justice committee  Thank you. Intelligence sharing is indeed vital. Sound intelligence shared in real time is not only important but indispensable if we are to properly investigate any type of terrorist threat. All investigations, not just those involving nuclear materials, depend on information b

Justice committee  The extraterritorial clause is advantageous for us in the sense that it allows us to charge a Canadian, of course, involved in such acts. It also allows us to charge a non-Canadian citizen who might have departed their home country and is residing within Canada, and there are som

Justice committee  That's a good question, and I thank you for asking it. I want to make something clear: the same standards we adhere to in any criminal investigation we conduct will remain in place for these types of investigations, particularly those related to terrorism. Following the O'Connor

Justice committee  Yes, in fact, our critical intelligence infrastructure team is one of the areas. There are others as well, through our federal policing program, but we've developed good relationships with these agencies through our outreach program. As you mentioned, the key, of course, is a go

Justice committee  The provisions that are being proposed would certainly assist us in the disrupt and the detect portions of the strategy. When we look at the additional tools that I described earlier as they relate to wiretap provisions—DNA warrants, the MLAT requests, being in a position to ex

Justice committee  I don't think the workload will increase, but it will give us more tools to do our job. It will give us greater flexibility. But I don't foresee an increase in workload per se.

Justice committee  It's hard to say whether it will have an impact on how successfully a case is prosecuted. That being said, it gives us a bigger tool box. The 20 investigations I mentioned involved proliferation, in general, and were not necessarily specific to nuclear proliferation.

Justice committee  On average, we have about 20 of those investigations a year. Of course, we are always working with our partners. We get referrals from partners, both domestically and internationally. Information sharing is key. It allows us to lead our investigations properly, to work with our p

Justice committee  Maybe I can just touch on the international aspect of cooperation. By ratifying the convention it allows us to take advantage of the mutual legal assistance treaties that all signatory countries will be part of. That is a key advantage for law enforcement as we proceed and look a

Justice committee  I would have to agree that it would be a question better suited for our colleagues at the Department of Justice.

Justice committee  Yes, I'm of the same opinion as Mr. Davies.

Justice committee  I'd like to add that, of course, criminal proliferation networks are complex in nature and always seek existing loopholes, so it would be difficult at this point to rank the threats and say which one would be the greatest from an RCMP perspective. What I can say is that from the

Justice committee  Certainly from a law enforcement perspective, and Mr. Davies touched on it, the added tools that we would benefit from would involve amendments to part VI of the Criminal Code, enabling us, of course, to apply for an intercept of communications without having to demonstrate that

Justice committee  Yes, Mr. Chair. Good afternoon, and thank you for inviting us here today to provide some law enforcement context about Bill S-9. l have with me today Chief Superintendent Larry Tremblay, director general of federal policing, criminal operations. Canada's counterterrorism str