National Defence committee  Do you want to answer?

National Defence committee  Normally—

National Defence committee  The arrangement, or the MOU that we're talking about, would be concluded, let's say, between CSE and NSA in the States. As Mr. Galbraith has said, we have access—I was forgetting about this—to those arrangements or MOUs.

Public Safety committee  Thank you, Chair. Mr. Chair, honourable members, I am pleased to appear before this committee again, this time on the subject of Bill C-59. I am accompanied by William Galbraith, the executive director of my office, and by Gérard Normand, special legal advisor. I have been the

Public Safety committee  If you give me maybe two or three minutes, I think I can do it.

Public Safety committee  I'll try to finish the proposal, because I know one of the questions will be on those particular points.

Public Safety committee  I've been warned.

Public Safety committee  Fourth, I also believe that the commissioner should have the authority, when engaged in the review and approval process, to request clarifications about the information provided to him that was considered by the minister in making a decision. Without this ability, the commissione

Public Safety committee  I'll ask the general counsel to answer. I did touch upon that subject matter in my introductory remarks—

Public Safety committee  —but I'll ask Normand to reply to it.

Public Safety committee  The bill actually provides that if the intelligence commissioner turns down the request submitted to him by the minister—or his conclusion, I should say—then he has to give reasons. On the other hand, if he approves the authorization issued by the minister, he doesn't have to pro

Public Safety committee  This is a complex matter. Those are complex provisions within the bill, those provisions concerning the active and defensive cyber operations.

Public Safety committee  In essence, it was explained to me that the IC will not have a role to play because, unlike when information is collected in active and defensive cyber operations, no collection will occur. They suggest that there are no charter or privacy rights that would be affected by these t

Public Safety committee  This is my answer—

Public Safety committee  I think the IC should be involved with regard to those operations.