Public Safety committee  Yes.

Public Safety committee  There can be situations in which information is relevant although not required for the ministers to prove the case or not required for the individual to be reasonably informed of the case. In such situations, for example, you may have an overall report on a variety of different s

Public Safety committee  It will not change CSIS's existing mandate at all. To receive the information in question, CSIS must respect the existing mandate set out in the act. The definition contained in the bill will not affect the other definitions or the other activities of the organizations listed in

Public Safety committee  I will answer your first question about broadening the definition. The existing mandates of the 17 institutions listed in Schedule 3 of the bill are much broader than CSIS's mandate. If only CSIS's definition were used, the existing mandates of the other 16 institutions would no

Public Safety committee  A department could have information that is not necessarily related to national security. I cannot give a specific example, but it could involve any government organization that has information that meets the criteria set out in the definition. First, according to the definition