Public Safety committee  I think that in order to allow CSIS to complete their mandate in time while making the most of their resources, that the committee of parliamentarians and the review agencies should coordinate on how they get information from CSIS, whether it's through their parliamentary liaison

Public Safety committee  I think the NSIRA provides a greater transparency, because they have several different types of reports, including annual reports and agency-specific reports, that they must submit to Parliament. They have a number of reports going to Parliament that parliamentarians as public re

Public Safety committee  Under the new legislation, the NSIRA has a wider remit when it comes to reviewing Canadian intelligence and security agencies in general, and they do have the potential under a different mandate to not only review more but also help CSIS innovate in different ways. Therefore, yes

Public Safety committee  Yes. I definitely think that NSIRA has a greater potential to enhance the compliance, the efficacy, and the innovation within CSIS.

Public Safety committee  There has been a precedent set with some of the existing intelligence accountability bodies that hire employees who have experience with the intelligence and security agencies in Canada. As far as I know, they have not had a problem with it. Additionally, there are also tests tha

Public Safety committee  Considering the broad mandates of both NSIRA and NSICOP, there is a potential for overlap, especially in what they review for. They both could technically review issues related to efficacy, compliance, innovation of agencies. They're geared toward different things. For example,

Public Safety committee  Mr. Chair, to enhance intelligence accountability, we have suggested five recommendations. The first is that Bill C-59 does not describe if and how NSIRA, which is the national security and intelligence review agency, will support the National Security and Intelligence Committe