Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Mr. Kennedy, you were kind enough to send in your paper with enough time for it to be translated. I read it and you can be sure that I was very concerned by what it revealed. There is no need for me to ask you to repeat what you said.
There is an inconsistency that I want to be sure that I fully understand. In 1984, when it was decided to take from the RCMP its investigative function in security matters and to create an independent security service in its place, an oversight body was also established. The Commission for Public Complaints against the RCMP is also fully mandated to oversee the RCMP's policing activities. I understand fully mandated to mean having the mandate to undertake investigations on its own initiative.
After the events of September 11, 2001, the decision was made to give the RCMP some terrorist intelligence activities. I gather that those activities are not covered by your powers of oversight over policing. Apparently, they are not covered by the powers of the body that oversees the intelligence services either. That is the inconsistency. You do not have the authority to investigate on your own initiative. And, as you have so clearly explained, since these things are done in secret, the people who might have reason to complain are not aware of what is happening.