Public Safety committee  I'm a political science major so in terms of the fourth industrial revolution and how 5G and quantum computing will change our understanding of what is a core and peripheral network and the like, I think it's just this kind of thing for that. Foresight is great, but it's way out

Public Safety committee  Sure. I'll speak to the intent of it. First of all, in terms of the proposed CSE act, it was drafted to take into account the fact that we're in a 2018 world as opposed to 2001, and technology has rapidly evolved. To the point around nimbleness, the definitions did make sure tha

Public Safety committee  Sure.

Public Safety committee  Again...a legal enthusiast. In terms of understanding the structure, all the jurilinguists and the rest look through these things in terms of how to structure them, so I can't speak to how that follows in terms of legislative drafting rules. Charlie, do you have something?

Public Safety committee  It changes the role of the intelligence commissioner.

Public Safety committee  In terms of the interpretation around this wording, I'm not... I could guess at things in terms of how they would be interpreted. It would seem this would cover.... It's a pretty broad scope in terms of entities and institutions of foreign states.

Public Safety committee  I don't know, John, whether you want to speak to the overall regime. One thing I would say is just by way of background, obviously recent approaches to ministerial directives more broadly will speak to that. CSE is operated under a ministerial directive prohibiting us from cont

Public Safety committee  I would hesitate to comment on what the intelligence commissioner or NSIRA would or wouldn't do in terms of the pace at which they would do things. It does not appear to me that there's anything in Bill C-59 right now—I'm happy to be corrected by Public Safety—that would prohibit

Public Safety committee  I think the problem is that the nature of the provision is to allow CSE to undertake the activities without review. If you leave “review” in, at the end of the day, it appears to defeat or run contrary to why the provision or the section is there in the first place.

Public Safety committee  This is about a five-day limit at the end of the day—at the end of the five days.

Public Safety committee  You cannot continue without an authorization that has been reviewed by the intelligence commissioner.

Public Safety committee  He has 30 days to respond to the decision that the—

Public Safety committee  With respect to emergency authorization, it is only there for the extenuating circumstances exigent. There would not be a requirement for the commissioner to review that. He or she would certainly be free to opine on that. NSIRA themselves would review it. That would inform the i

Public Safety committee  Yes.

Public Safety committee  Okay.