Public Safety committee  In one minute, then, let me be exhaustive. There has to be legislation with a forced compliance, a forced standard, and a forced governance system on the major backbone that runs the Canadian economy and security agencies: financial sectors, energy sectors, etc. That's the start

Public Safety committee  Thank you for your question and comments. I think I agree with your underlying point about the exaggeration of threats. We should understand what risk really is in this domain. It's a combination of three separate and distinct elements: the frequency of any occurrence, the like

Public Safety committee  No, not at all. I think what I would say is that each agency, in and of itself.... Thank you for asking the question, because none of my criticism is directed at each or any individual agency's ability or capability. I'm not suggesting that within their mandate they don't do a g

Public Safety committee  I have never seen any legislation during my time, certainly in the last 20 years in service where I had significant dealings here in Ottawa, that has ever forced any true interaction or mitigation of the turf battle. Legislation by itself doesn't do it. The enaction of subsequent

Public Safety committee  If I may, we have to be careful about the use of a label of “a terrorist”. In the United States, they don't like to use it when it's a white male. It seems unfortunate for them, but it's merely a label of convenience. The act itself was designed to terrorize a certain population,

Public Safety committee  Zero confidence.

Public Safety committee  Absolutely, but we need to understand the difference between individual security, personal physical security, economic security, existential security, etc. If we broaden the definition of Canada's national security, they are absolutely likely the largest single emerging vector.

Public Safety committee  Personally, I would say that's insufficient. It allows them to. It doesn't force them to. Legislation needs the requirement, not just the independent judgment of the agencies to decide what they will or they won't.

Public Safety committee  I could maybe make a couple of comments about the strategic piece. I work with Dick Fadden quite regularly, and I'm aware of his views. I would support them. We tend to be focused on, quite frankly, not just the smallest numerical threat in terms of the number of foreign fighter

Public Safety committee  I would simply say or ask the question, is there any legislation that requires CBSA be provided with the complete watch-lists that are accumulated by CSIS, CSE, and RCMP? If lacking that, why isn't there the requirement? How can they perform their function if they don't understan

Public Safety committee  Thank you very much for the question. I will try to answer in French, but I might miss some slight nuances. I will answer the other questions in English. I would like to briefly address the previous question. As a practitioner, a focus solely on the legislation by this comm

Public Safety committee  To answer your question, I think it's a ridiculous comparison. Anybody who actually understands MAD and the triad of the nuclear deterrent and second response, etc., understands you're talking about a completely different intellectual construct. Notwithstanding—and I've read the

Public Safety committee  Thank you very much, ladies and gentlemen. I appreciate the opportunity to speak in front of this committee. First, let me say how encouraged I am that Canada, in the space of just a handful of years, has had two bills on national security. Content notwithstanding, the actual de