If you look at the legislation, in proposed section 8, it specifically mentions certain aspects: reports made to the agency under the Citizenship Act, matters referred to the agency under section 45 of the Human Rights Act, complaints under the RCMP Act, and any complaint made under proposed subsections 16(1), 17(1), or 18(3). What we're seeing here is, despite the fact that the majority of witnesses who did raise this point spoke in favour of what this amendment is putting forward.... Despite it being a small portion of Global Affairs, as is being advanced, this is something that goes to the heart of what was talked about, most notably in the Arar inquiry, because Global Affairs does play a role in how these situations play out.
Moreover, CBSA, as far as I'm concerned, acts exclusively with regard to national security. I see no other way to define what goes on at the border than to say that it's related to national security.
I think, in the meantime, there's a huge gap there. There's no accountability for CBSA, so to have this complaint mechanism in the mandate of the agency and not expand it, as many witnesses asked us to, is quite disappointing. Once again, this just shows how the accountability and the review that we're seeking is not being taken as seriously as the government pretends.