Every time a commissioner appears... I went through the same thing with the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights. We had the RCMP, CSIS, etc. Now I am here at the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics, and the commissioners cannot talk. As parliamentarians, we represent the public. We need to know what is going on in various departments, in various places, and every time, those responsible for giving us information, be it within the RCMP or elsewhere, are mute, silent, and not allowed to disclose anything at all.
For some, like the RCMP and the intelligence service, it's a matter of national security. In this case, it may be in case there is any investigation. But ultimately, as parliamentarians, we never get any information other than the number of complaints, reviews or investigations referred to the RCMP, for example, and that is all. It's very sparse information.