I think there really is a need for special advocates on this amendment, Mr. Chair. I think it would bring more balance to the decision.
I'd ask the Justice officials who are here. I forget which court case this was related to. I believe it might even have been Arar's.
A CBC story pointed out that the amendment in Bill C-51 in clause 54 related only to disclosing material that is “relevant to the grounds of inadmissibility stated in the certificate”. It has been pointed out that that will contradict previous Supreme Court rulings on what the crown must provide to the special advocate.
Can the Justice officials explain how that is appropriate in the bill? In other words, the Supreme Court ruled that all the information needed to be disclosed. As I understand it, this narrows what information can be disclosed.