Public Safety committee  Currently, the commissioner of the CSE that I am produces an annual report through the Minister of National Defence, which, by law, must be tabled in both Houses of Parliament within a legislated time. Given that, according to the new bill, it is the Prime Minister who recommend

Public Safety committee  The commissioner is the one who does this work. That would be done in advance, much like we do today. In other words, we could produce two reports, in theory: a classified report for the Prime Minister or the committee of parliamentarians, and a public report for the general publ

Public Safety committee  Once again, that is up to the government to decide. I know that, at one point, there were discussions to decide whether we should divide up the bill and study its various parts separately. The government decided that was not necessary. So the bill has to be studied in its entire

Public Safety committee  The mandate of the CSE is not to target Canadians or people in Canada. Under the legislation, the CSE must target foreign entities. This does not change. If by chance the CSE decided to target Canadians, it would be illegal. In my opinion, this is what gives the oversight agencie

Public Safety committee  Yes.

Public Safety committee  I'm not trying to evade your question, but I think it's a question that is more appropriate for CSE. All I can say, though, is that this is a very broad mandate for CSE, and I think it's reasonable for commentators, legislators like you, to raise the point and ask questions. In

Public Safety committee  As you may realize, the first task of the IC would be to review and approve the authorizations that are issued by the respective ministers. That's the first thing. On the other hand—and again, it's similar to what a court of law would do—you need expert advice at times. That's

Public Safety committee  In my introductory remarks, I made seven substantive suggestions, and those are contained in the document that I sent to the chair. I did underline five or six of those in my introductory remarks. Would you like me to repeat them?

Public Safety committee  This is my answer—

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

Public Safety committee  I'll leave it with you afterwards.

Public Safety committee  This is the CSE act, proposed section 61?

Public Safety committee  The reason I made that suggestion with regard to the possibility for the Governor in Council to make regulations is the following. When the bill has passed and has received royal assent, if you look in one of the provisions—I don't recall the exact section number—it says that the

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.