While we would agree in principle on the intent of the amendment we heard that only a small part of Global Affairs' and CBSA's work actually focuses on national security and intelligence. This bill as drafted would deal with the national security and intelligence portion of it. If there's a desire to have oversight of Global Affairs and CBSA, the public would be best served by having complaint mechanisms put in that are tailored to their unique mandates. As it is now, the NSIRA will be focused on a small part of what they're doing. In fact, we heard testimony that it would actually slow things down for people who were complaining about things that fell outside the mandate.
Therefore, we won't be supporting it as written.