Public Safety committee  No, terrorism is not a fantasy, but if you consider the tragic events in which two Canadian soldiers were assassinated in separate events in Canada in fall 2014, and if you recall the way those events were described, you would have thought all of Canada was under attack, whereas

Public Safety committee  Yes, the gathering of incidental information is a major problem. We now know that agencies gather an enormous amount of information. We are aware of all of Edward Snowden's revelations. Information retention is indeed a major problem. It should be clear that information incident

Public Safety committee  It would be desirable for the commissioner to review that because the conditions prevailing at the time he provided his initial authorization may no longer be applicable. I have to say we aren't convinced about the commissioner's role. I would say the commissioner position gives

Public Safety committee  We did not review that specifically, but the fact that it is a part-time position definitely left us somewhat perplexed, given the extent of the work involved. In view of the fact that the commissioner must seriously review the authorizations and various proposals submitted to hi

Public Safety committee  Our hope is that the National Security and Intelligence Review Agency can verify that the agencies respect Canadians' rights in the course of their work. That is why we think the agency must first have the necessary resources, as Mr. Mirza previously mentioned. Second, the agency

Public Safety committee  Yes, but we mentioned in our presentation the obligation on Canada. Canada can act on that, but obviously it has to be reciprocal. What we're objecting to is what was revealed by Snowden and others, the fact that you can obtain information from a foreign agency that came from spy