Information & Ethics committee  Yes, I had a reasonable doubt.

Information & Ethics committee  That's a matter of national security and measures that national security agencies take to prevent violations of Canadian law. It's an issue in that area.

Information & Ethics committee  Yes, methods for gathering information and intercepting communications have always existed, but this tool takes intrusive information-gathering to a new level. What the RCMP says may be justifiable, but I don't agree that the use of this tool shouldn't have been subject to a pri

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Information & Ethics committee  Once again, that involves the role of the Office of the Privacy Commissioner and the courts. According to one of the criteria set forth in part VI of the Criminal Code, the court must be satisfied that no other means exist to achieve the desired result, which is to gather evidenc

Information & Ethics committee  I think that speaks to the fact that there are many players, and each should play its role without duplicating the role of others. The courts have an important role, but the courts are bound by the terms of part VI of the Criminal Code. The Office of the Privacy Commissioner look

Information & Ethics committee  Generally, under the Criminal Code, if there's an invasion of privacy through the use of investigative techniques—wiretaps would be a traditional method—judicial authorization is also required. Search activities, obviously, which do affect privacy, require judicial authorization.

Information & Ethics committee  No, on the basis that courts provide independent oversight, and it's a mechanism that works on its own.

Information & Ethics committee  I'm confident that the courts apply the law correctly. If there's an error, there are appellate mechanisms to ensure that the law is applied correctly. I think it goes back to part VI of the Criminal Code that sets the standards for the courts having a certain definition of priva

Information & Ethics committee  My answer to that would be that the role of the OPC might be to look into how the authorization process worked in individual cases, not with a view to be revisiting what the courts had done—that would be inappropriate—but with a view to determining whether the legislation is suff

Information & Ethics committee  There are different provisions for CSIS and for the CSE, the Communications Security Establishment, for the interception of communications. Do these institutions use ODIT-like technology? I don't know, it's quite possible, but there are certainly laws governing the use of technol

Information & Ethics committee  No, I completed my thought.

Information & Ethics committee  Yes, I was.

Information & Ethics committee  The OPC plays a number of roles. One of them is to investigate complaints and serve, as I said a few minutes ago, as an independent oversight to the government. The government has to comply with the law. It is assisted by the justice department, whose duty is to ensure that the g

Information & Ethics committee  Yes.