My focus will be on the presentation that was done on the 19th. I believe that this committee and the minister have been ill-served by some of the information that has been coming out about its shortcomings.
What you heard from the department was incomplete, would be the politest way I can say it. These are not just my opinions; these are facts. You can verify every one of them yourself.
First, on the right to refuse being unchanged, it is still there. As was already referenced, the minister now has the right in the proposed amendments to dismiss without investigation. That is simply unheard of in any jurisdiction. This is a first, and it's a shocking first.
You can find that on page 180 of Bill C-4 in subclause182—