Public Safety committee  First of all, we cannot forget that the legislative basis for the Department of National Defence always remains the prerogative of the Crown. What we know about the Crown prerogative is that it's several centuries old. It's a very old vestigial power vested in the Crown that al

Public Safety committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. Good afternoon, colleagues. Thank you for your invitation to appear before your committee. I am joined by Rennie Marcoux, executive director of the Secretariat of the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians, or NSICOP.