To my knowledge, it doesn't. The government is focused on a buyback of legal firearms, which is not addressing the border security issue. They do have a border security bill with many admirable components, but ultimately our organized crime and foreign state actor risks are significant because we have many gaps in our law at present that make Canada a target for organized crime groups and foreign state actors like Russia, China and Iran and their proxies to operate in.
I put forward a number of proposals earlier at committee today and in past writing asking that we look at exemptions to the Stinchcombe disclosure requirements. We know that our allies are not sharing sensitive information because it must be disclosed through hearings. Unlike our allies, we don't have the same type of capacity to ensure it is secure.
Also, there are the case timelines. The Jordan principle has set a range that is not adequate for the complex cross-border cases that involve a lot of intelligence. That is resulting in a number of stays and withdrawals that we don't want to see.
