Just speaking to the motion, not that we have any objection to the motion, in the sense that we think it's important that Canadians find out the details here.... First of all, as of today, we've heard of another investigation, the one in Nova Scotia.
I do have a copy of the news release from British Columbia, and perhaps the honourable member has read it, but the scope of the inquiry, interestingly, covers almost all of the issues that Mr. Dosanjh mentioned.
It would:
Review the appropriate use and policies currently employed by police in British Columbia with respect to the Taser, and recommend any necessary changes.
A full and comprehensive review of the incident involving Dziekanski, including (but not limited to) the actions of the RCMP, Canadian Border Services and immigration processes and Vancouver airport (YVR).
Provide further recommendations on how procedures can be improved with respect to the handling of foreign passengers coming into British Columbia through YVR.
All I'm thinking is that these are probably almost all of the issues that Mr. Dosanjh has identified that I think we would equally want to know the answers to, but I'm not sure it makes sense that we have two parallel investigations or inquiries ongoing, one here and one there, to get the same answers we're looking for.
I haven't seen what Nova Scotia is talking about with respect to theirs, although I understand the circumstances of that incident are considerably different from this incident.
I'm just wondering if it really does make sense to have two simultaneous inquiries going on, from a legislative perspective there and a parliamentary perspective here.