National Defence committee  I'm trying to remember which one that was. What I will say is we can't emphasize enough the need for these statutory reviews to happen. We have our information and what we've been able to observe, but having a statutory review of both NSICOP and NSIRA to better understand this a

National Defence committee  It should be easier to interact with the government and access that kind of information. It should be easier for the government to document, research and collect the information that it needs to share with Canadians. It's true that we are producing more information, vast amounts

National Defence committee  That's a good question. I think we touched on that with the independent civilian oversight. Looking at the review bodies as they currently exist, there are exclusions for some kinds of information. For example, both NSIRA and NSICOP have restrictions around being able to access

National Defence committee  For our part, just briefly, we've been looking at the Finnish example and the idea that instead of classifying by default, there's an overt and conscious process of classification. That would go a long way. It's obviously a change in culture, but we think it's necessary in order

National Defence committee  I covered a few of those recommendations. There are a few more that we could make. I think right now there are no repercussions for those who avoid their legal obligations to NSICOP or NSIRA. Providing the legislation for it to be an offence not to provide the information or to

National Defence committee  I can try to make some recommendations. One of the things we've seen is that multiple departments have developed good working relationships, and it isn't every department where there are these concerns. In CSE in particular, time and again, these issues have come up, so there's

National Defence committee  That's how it appeared to us. As Colonel Drapeau just said, on top of what you said, there are the oaths they take. There are already so many restrictions on what can be shared that an NDA just seems like a gag order.

National Defence committee  We would definitely support the creation of a new civilian oversight agency for the Department of National Defence. The mandates of NSICOP and NSIRA are restricted to national security, and there are obviously broader issues of defence that don't fall under those mandates, even

National Defence committee  I think there are a few ways. It's definitely our opinion that both NSICOP and NSIRA should be given more teeth to request documents. Right now, it's legally binding that agencies need to provide documents as soon as feasible and to provide access, but there are no repercussions

National Defence committee  Thank you, Chair and members of this committee, for the invitation to speak with you today for your study on transparency at the Department of National Defence. I'm the national coordinator of the International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group, a coalition of 45 Canadian organiz

Industry committee  I didn't raise the difference, because in fact it is the same. We simply believe that it shouldn't be continued under this new bill. We raised those concerns in the review, in the consultation around PIPEDA earlier, that this was already a problematic exception. We don't believe.

Industry committee  I give it a two.

Industry committee  Very simply, no. Self-regulation is not appropriate or adequate. I think this is a clear example of what my colleague Mr. Hatfield was saying around the idea of rushing to regulate, rather than really understanding the system. The entire consultation process around regulating g

Industry committee  Yes. One of the things we've noted is that the minister, I believe, has said that, even for the development of regulations, it should take until 2025 to have all the regulations sorted out for AIDA in its current form. If that's the timeline we're looking at with AIDA in its curr

Industry committee  Thank you, Chair, and thank you for the invitation to share the perspectives of the ICLMG today regarding Bill C-27. We're a Canadian coalition that works to defend civil liberties from the impact of national security and anti-terrorism laws. Our concerns regarding Bill C-27 are