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Public Safety committee  The main criticism in the judgment is about our breach of the duty of candour. I don't think there's any misunderstanding in the department or in CSIS that we have to do better. I think what the court is telling us is that for certain decisions that they're going to make, like th

December 8th, 2016Committee meeting

Robert Frater

Public Safety committee  We're waiting for a final report from our outside experts on that question. Warrants under the CSIS Act are somewhat different from Criminal Code warrants. One of the things we've asked our experts to do is to look at what other people do in different contexts, but to look partic

December 8th, 2016Committee meeting

Robert Frater

Public Safety committee  Clearly, we always strive to give the government the best legal advice that we can. In this situation, as in every other, we reviewed the case law, came up with the legal position, and ultimately the court disagreed with us.

December 8th, 2016Committee meeting

Robert Frater

Public Safety committee  It's not that we were giving wrong advice continuously over 10 years. There was a question of the legality of what it was that CSIS wanted to do. We gave an opinion on that, and until it's litigated, as it was here, we continue to believe that we gave the best legal advice based

December 8th, 2016Committee meeting

Robert Frater

Public Safety committee  She was briefed on the litigation generally. On the specifics of the argument, I don't think so. I don't recall whether she was given a copy of our written submissions, but she was generally aware of the litigation.

December 8th, 2016Committee meeting

Robert Frater

December 8th, 2016Committee meeting

Robert Frater

Public Safety committee  There's nothing to add.

December 8th, 2016Committee meeting

Robert Frater

Public Safety committee  I prefer to answer in English. There are many reasons to appeal or to not appeal, and this is a very long judgment that deals with a lot of subjects. A large number of the subjects dealt with were dealt with to our satisfaction. It was primarily about setting terms and conditio

December 8th, 2016Committee meeting

Robert Frater