Public Safety committee  Certainly in comparison to warrants for law enforcement, the mechanisms are different. Part VI Criminal Code warrants have different requirements for reporting back—even disclosing to the person under investigation that they were the subject of a warranted activity. Those require

Public Safety committee  Clearly on the issue of what Canadians feel about the threat of terror, our polling numbers are consistent. It's a top priority issue for them. However, there is also some deep concern about this legislation. I don't think anybody should kid themselves. I'm clearly an advocate, a

Public Safety committee  Certainly. I take great offence to the common comment that's been made around the idea of the slippery slope and that now anybody who had an issue they'd like to protest will now become a target of the security establishment. I think you should not, as a group of individuals, fl

Public Safety committee  You know that's very difficult for me.

Public Safety committee  Cyber-threats are one of those issues that's probably best addressed in terms of the issue of radicalization, because I really think that's apropos for Bill C-51. Getting at the messages of hate is very, very important. I don't blame the Internet for radicalization, but I see it

Public Safety committee  The potential is clearly there, because some of the state actors, some of the countries that support international terrorism, are also some of the most important threats around proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, for example, and chemical weapons and other conventional

Public Safety committee  Yes.

Public Safety committee  Certainly. Since the creation of CSIS as a service, it has been subject to considerable review, and I might add that it is considered by its peers as a class-leading organization because of that review, and not despite it. Therefore, I strongly believe that in the age of account

Public Safety committee  I have covered the basis of my presentation.

Public Safety committee  I am.

Public Safety committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Thank you very much for giving me an opportunity to speak to Bill C-51. Almost three years ago, I left CSIS as the assistant director of intelligence. This was after almost three decades of work as an intelligence officer, a manager, and a senior execut