Yes, Mr. Chair.
There are a number of sunset provisions in the amendments coming forward in this bill, but specifically on this one there have been a lot of concerns expressed by Canadians about information sharing, and we have the concerns expressed by the Privacy Commissioner.
The government members continue to say, “No problem, this is covered in other areas.”
Mr. Payne said, yes, parliamentary committees can review legislation at any time, and that is true, but only if the government is willing to do so when there is a majority position.
What this amendment does is that it gives assurance to Canadians that in three years' time a parliament is going to review these clauses. It does not jeopardize security in any way, because Parliament can review the legislation prior to its being sunset. We'll have the experience of time and will know at that time whether some of the privacy concerns of the Privacy Commissioner are true and need to be addressed, or whether all these assurances the government members are giving us are adequate.
It only makes sense to be supportive of this particular amendment.