It was definitely a broken promise. It was more than a promise; it was a commitment. This was actually publicly stated by the Government of Canada. At that time the minister was François-Philippe Champagne, and the commitment was made very publicly.
In fact, when the commitment was broken, there was a further process. There was actually someone hired to look at the judicial aspects of providing the CORE with those powers. There was a report that came out of that, and that report was withheld. That report was leaked during hearings in 2021. In that report, it was clear that those powers could be granted and that the CORE would be more effective with those powers. This was in a foreign affairs committee hearing in 2021.