Mr. Chair, I feel that it is extremely relevant to have written questions to send to Justice Major. Given that there is a structural reality or a question of independence, I would ask the clerk to ask him the following question: Should the minister have extraordinary powers for extraordinary situations?
As a former Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, and having been one of the last to have had the security file before the agency was created, I think that is important in extraordinary situations for the minister to have certain powers. The minister must not depend on the system any more than the system must depend on him.
Given that we are talking about national security and anti-organized crime situations, and that Justice Major was perhaps thinking of the possibility of a representative from the Department of Justice to be able to make the move, I feel that, in terms of accountability, we should please add that question.