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Public Safety committee We are working as fast as we can and spending a lot of time on that task in order to try to finish the report. However, it deals with four topics. The problem is that the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians Act stipulates that the government must table its reports, once the process of redaction, or revision, is complete, within 30 days.
May 13th, 2019Committee meeting
David McGuinty
Public Safety committee That is an excellent question. In fact, we are thinking of studying those timeframes as part of the review of the act, which has to be done five years after its coming into force. You have put your finger on a good question.
May 13th, 2019Committee meeting
David McGuinty
Public Safety committee Probably not.
May 13th, 2019Committee meeting
David McGuinty
May 13th, 2019Committee meeting
David McGuinty
Public Safety committee In the report, we included a letter to the Prime Minister in which we clearly deal with it. We told him that, as per our terms of reference, we had examined the allegations of foreign interference, of risks to the Prime Minister’s security, and of inappropriate use of intelligence.
May 13th, 2019Committee meeting
David McGuinty
Public Safety committee No, not yet. We are still waiting for a response from the government to both reports.
May 13th, 2019Committee meeting
David McGuinty
Public Safety committee NSICOP hopes that there will be some follow-up. We are still waiting for a response. We have raised the matter with the appropriate authorities.
May 13th, 2019Committee meeting
David McGuinty
Public Safety committee Yes, Mr. Paul-Hus.
May 13th, 2019Committee meeting
David McGuinty
Public Safety committee Our role is to submit reports to the government, and we have done that. All we can do is hope that the government will take them seriously The national security and intelligence review agency, NSIRA, once it's created under Bill C-59, will have the power to review the Department of National Defence but will not be obligated to do so on an annual basis like it will for CSIS and CSE.
May 13th, 2019Committee meeting
David McGuinty
Public Safety committee What do you mean?
May 13th, 2019Committee meeting
David McGuinty
Public Safety committee Yes, Mr. Paul-Hus.
May 13th, 2019Committee meeting
David McGuinty
Public Safety committee Sometimes, we ask for so much documentation that the members of NSICOP find it quite difficult to manage the amount. But we have an exceptional secretariat and very experienced analysts. However, from time to time, we have to put a little pressure on some departments or some agencies.
May 13th, 2019Committee meeting
David McGuinty
Public Safety committee Let me be clear on two things. We included Russia and China in the report because we relied on open sources. So that is what was repeated there. Then, we announced that one of the reviews that we will be doing in 2019 is about foreign interference. Eventually, we will have much more to say about it.
May 13th, 2019Committee meeting
David McGuinty
Public Safety committee NSICOP has not yet looked deeply into the whole matter of the integrity of elections, specifically the one coming up.
May 13th, 2019Committee meeting
David McGuinty
Public Safety committee Thank you for the question. I would start by saying that the added value comes first from the fact that members of NSICOP have access to all classified information, to all documents, to presentations and to witnesses. Having access to the most in-depth information helps a great deal.
May 13th, 2019Committee meeting
David McGuinty