Public Safety committee  Yes, I have that underlined a number of times. I think that for me the issue is “ongoing investigation”. As I've already said, some of these investigations go on for years. There's the Air India inquiry, for example, but just your regular run-of-the-mill domestic terrorism inve

Public Safety committee  Offhand, I would say yes.

Public Safety committee  I regret that I am unfamiliar with.... That's not to say that there isn't, but I wouldn't want to speak to something that I'm not familiar with. My apologies.

Public Safety committee  I wasn't speaking to the issue of sharing information with other countries specifically, but as you're asking that question, there are issues such as the foreign traveller issue. This has become a real issue. We have to work with other democracies and other countries in Europe as

Public Safety committee  On the issue of open-source intelligence within the community, I would suggest that.... I've seen statistics that say that as much as 70% of information used by intelligence agencies is actually open-source information. I'm not talking just about databases or anything like that;

Public Safety committee  I absolutely and fundamentally believe that. There was a really good example today in the Toronto Star. The RCMP brought in two journalists to talk about some of the challenges they're facing with regard to encryption and data. They brought them in and talked about the cases. The

Public Safety committee  Again, this is where Craig Forcese says we need to have some kind of super-SIRC that overlooks all the bodies and all the ways that intelligence information is shared. Given the differences in mandate, I would suggest that perhaps the information sharing isn't as great as some pe

Public Safety committee  Thank you for your question. One of the issues that I think illustrated this was the debate over Bill C-51. A lot in Bill C-51 could perhaps have been criticized, but debate over it often came between individuals who were accusing those who did not want to support the bill as b

Public Safety committee  These are some very interesting and challenging questions. With regard to data sharing, it's not.... I read an article yesterday which suggested that because the RCMP now has this operational centre they're sharing all their databases or bringing them all together. No, it doesn't

Public Safety committee  I agree with you that the stipulations for parliamentarians, should they divulge information, are very severe and very clear in this bill. I agree in the sense that those safe locks are there. I suppose where I would like to see more guidance is that you can always present an iss

Public Safety committee  Yes, it's a tough issue. I would suggest that, if nothing else, there needs to be more guidance. Right now, I think, as it stands, that particular line is not clear enough. It should be more specific. It might help if active “ongoing investigation” were more narrowly defined, bec

Public Safety committee  It's my understanding that in the U.K. now the chair is elected, and I think we're probably going to end up going there anyway and I would suggest that—

Public Safety committee  —it does make sense going forward.

Public Safety committee  Some of the things I tried to highlight in my talk are issues such as timeliness. When were products started and when were they released? Were intelligence analyses produced within six weeks? Maybe they were sat on for some period of time, so why was that? It's important that we

Public Safety committee  Timeliness, relevancy, and I would also look at distribution. I think that needs to be examined by this committee in particular. Who is getting these products, why, and how are they being used?