Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
Mr. Scott, I'll turn to you.
I've done a cursory review of the National Security and Intelligence Review Agency Act, and really, that's a very similar body, right? It has responsibilities to review activities and complaints against our national security and intelligence agencies. Really, the only check on its power to review those agencies is that it is not entitled to a confidence of the Privy Council, but it is entitled to access all documents of all agencies.
However, when you come to the proposed BillC-20, and especially to clause 19, you see at all the exceptions for the PCRC and the information that it is not allowed to have.
I've heard you comment a few times that you'd like to see this new body have the powers of subpoena, and I think we're at this very special moment in time when we have a golden opportunity to get this right, given the years of evidence we've had. Can you comment on the discrepancies between the existing statute that gives the powers to NSIRA and what's being proposed here? Really, would it hurt if the PCRC had full access to documents, as NSIRA does, if we have this moment in time to get this right? Can you offer some commentary on that idea?
