Under the legislation as proposed, there is absolutely no public access to any investigation that is made by the public service integrity officer, which is something we're quite concerned about, and as I'm sure the members of the committee are aware, the Information Commissioner has raised a real red flag around that issue. I think in most cases that's entirely inappropriate, and the Public Service Alliance of Canada does not support that.
However, in the case of the Canadian Forces, CSE, or CSIS, it may be that a restriction like that is appropriate and necessary in order to allow an investigation of wrongdoing to occur but still protect what may be sensitive information that concerns public safety and issues of national security. So I don't think those areas should be shielded from accusations of wrongdoing simply by raising the spectre of national security. There are ways the national security issue, which is certainly an appropriate one, can be addressed and handled.