What I would recommend is that you have the parliamentary oversight, which would be a committee of parliamentarians that would deal with systemic issues, as well as the policies that CSIS and the RCMP should have, such as what agreements they should have with foreign countries, that kind of thing—the broader, blue-sky kinds of issues.
On the other hand, you would have a review body, which would be made up of independent experts. Some people call it a “super-SIRC”, except that it has jurisdiction over all bodies. It would, in effect, make determinations on either a complaint from a member of the public or a self-initiated complaint. It would look at something that CSIS or the RCMP did and rule on the propriety of it, the lawfulness of the activity.
At the end of the year, they would make an annual report to the public and to you as parliamentarians. The other effective thing they would do to complement your important mandate is make recommendations on how the agency can operate better, because they are going to be on the ground looking at front-line investigations. They can see where improvements can be made, and they can make recommendations to the parliamentary committee, which will have a responsibility to make recommendations for legislative change.
You would be working in tandem. They would be dealing with the daily issues; you would be dealing with the systemic issues. What they learn on the ground on a daily basis, that experience, should be transferred up to you in terms of your law-making.