Public Safety committee  I didn't see those limitations in the legislation when I read them as perhaps you put it. It seems to me that the NSIRA actually has an extremely broad mandate and that is a very good thing because they should be able to have that authority. I know that Wesley Wark, who will be

Public Safety committee  I would say that's the case, and if you believe that's not the case, I would try to make sure that it is to your satisfaction.

Public Safety committee  I would defer to Alex's comments.

Public Safety committee  I would largely support that. There is something I didn't talk about in my testimony—and I'm going to use this as a quick aside. One of the concerns I have is that DND is not excluded from this. If you look at all the different kinds of intelligence that will be going to this rev

Public Safety committee  Very briefly, I would say I am happy for the intelligence commissioner to have a good review and oversight discretion, particularly with the defence of critical infrastructure, because that is a very vague concept and our idea of what it is actually changes over time. With rega

Public Safety committee  That's a very interesting point. When I testified on Bill C-22 I suggested that much of the focus of that committee should be on efficacy. One of the issues we have is that it's not really clearly defined yet what the differences are between what NSIRA and NSICOP are going to b

Public Safety committee  It's interesting, in that you want someone who is familiar enough with what's happening and doesn't lose touch, but you're right, there is that potential conflict. I think a lot of it is also going to depend on the people around the intelligence commissioner and the support staff

Public Safety committee  Yes.

Public Safety committee  I have to believe that our judges are sufficiently pensioned such that this is probably not going to be that much of an issue. I'm going to refer to my friend Emmett Macfarlane, who has written considerably on the courts in Canada and has written passionately that the judges actu

Public Safety committee  I think we're going to have to wait and see how a lot of these things operate in practice. I would hope that this committee would keep an eye on that, to make sure that the problems you may be suggesting aren't going to manifest.

Public Safety committee  Right. I don't know if you've been referred to Craig Forcese, who will be on the next panel. He has developed a decision tree. It's actually more complicated than your daily Sudoku. He might be better placed to answer that question. It's my understanding that, yes, it is general

Public Safety committee  Yes, sir, I am. In particular, I am happy to see the cyber-powers of CSE legislated. Importantly, I think it signals to our allies that Canada is committed to a robust defence of, not only ourselves but also, for example, NATO operations and the Five Eyes agencies as well. These

Public Safety committee  I think his entire presentation will actually be on that, so I don't want to pre-empt what he is going to say. Again, it just gets to section 8 of the charter, making sure that people are protected from an unreasonable search in CSE's operations. As to the specific legal details,

Public Safety committee  Thank you. This is an issue that I'm very passionate about. It's a great question. One of the first examples out there is the worldwide threat assessment that's put out every year by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. We used to call it the Clapper report. It w

Public Safety committee  Sorry.