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Public Safety committee My concern, sir, is not about the public outreach, but with whom the public outreach is done—the RCMP or other police agencies, security agencies, working with organizations about which we have great concerns. The thing I was referring to at that hearing was the RCMP working to
March 23rd, 2015Committee meeting
Dr. Salim Mansur
Public Safety committee No, but that was the concern—
March 23rd, 2015Committee meeting
Dr. Salim Mansur
Public Safety committee Mr. Easter, from my perspective, I don't see the government as those on the treasury bench only and on the other side. I see the whole thing as a government. Where I'm coming from as a common citizen we expect our government to do what is necessary as you recognize the threat. Fr
March 23rd, 2015Committee meeting
Dr. Salim Mansur
Public Safety committee Yes, you have that right. Thank you, sir.
March 23rd, 2015Committee meeting
Dr. Salim Mansur
Public Safety committee Well, sir, as I understand it, CSIS is a security agency and by definition therefore, as a security intelligence operation it has to be able to monitor and engage in surveillance of those who are, as I define them, sleeper cells or fifth columns in our society, in our community.
March 23rd, 2015Committee meeting
Dr. Salim Mansur
Public Safety committee As I read it, yes, absolutely. This is a problem that we are facing. This is a problem that has grown immensely since 9/11, but this problem was around before 9/11 and now we are living in a post-9/11 world with this. We have to deal with it and we have to find that our agencies
March 23rd, 2015Committee meeting
Dr. Salim Mansur
Public Safety committee I do, more or less, yes.
March 23rd, 2015Committee meeting
Dr. Salim Mansur
Public Safety committee Mr. Chairman, I want to begin by thanking you and the members of the committee for this invitation to provide you as an independent expert my views on Bill C-51. I will express these from the perspectives of political philosophy and history, and from that of a lifelong devotion a
March 23rd, 2015Committee meeting
Dr. Salim Mansur