Sujit Choudhry, the esteemed University of Toronto professor of constitutional law, sends along the following. It likely would not wholly satisfy those who are intent on asserting the supremacy of Parliament, but there is plenty here worth considering, perhaps as something that might be part of a broader solution. SIRC is the Security Intelligence Review Committee, which you can read about here.
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‘The government is obliged’
Parliamentary law clerk Robert Walsh tells Ujjal Dosanjh that Parliamentary committees are essentially entitled to whatever they seek.
Incidentally …
UPDATE: Here is the relevant section of the Canada Evidence Act.