Finance committee  I do absolutely. We're very much in favour of review and oversight. We bang that gong consistently. We support the recommendations of the Arar inquiry. We are disappointed that Bill C-51 did not include those recommendations. It's the obvious time for them, since we are expandi

Finance committee  I honestly don't know what you mean by the question. In Canada you have freedom of speech and conscience, as has been defined by the Supreme Court of Canada. Those are your rights.

Finance committee  You have a right to freedom of speech and conscience—

Finance committee  —as has been defined by the Supreme Court.

Finance committee  No, I'm not going to answer that question—

Finance committee  —because I don't understand it. I'm trying to explain how I understand your question.

Finance committee  No, I need to understand the question before I can answer.

Finance committee  You have a right to whatever beliefs you choose. If your beliefs contradict the law, then you will be breaching the law.

Finance committee  Again, I'm sorry; your question doesn't make any sense to me.

Finance committee  The definition of security of Canada in the information sharing act that's contained in Bill C-51 is unprecedented.

Finance committee  It's unprecedented because the language is about undermining the security of Canada rather than threatening the security of Canada. We now have legal experts in a conundrum as to what this could possibly mean and the scope of it, to the extent that activities that are captured in

Finance committee  I hate to sound like a broken record here, but the more extraordinary the powers, the more the legislation needs to be narrowly tailored, and the more we need effective oversight and review. We have waited since the Arar inquiry for that integrated review process. We are integrat

Finance committee  I am sorry, but we don't support Bill C-51 as the right tool. I just want to make our perspective is clear.

Finance committee  We certainly echo the concerns of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada as well as those of a number of organizations. We have our own concerns. The notion that simply sharing information should be the panacea for everything that is wrong has become ubiquitous. It is really incredib

Finance committee  Certainly. I take this information from the Office of the Privacy Commissioner, which has done audits on FINTRAC and has been extremely concerned about the over-collection and then retention of irrelevant information that is nevertheless highly prejudicial. Keep in mind that thes