Thank you, Mr. Chair, for Mr. MacGregor's excellent question.
You make reference to “national security”, and it's true that this is a particular problem in Bill C-20, because in the way it's currently worded, what can be considered a matter of national security is very vague, and if history is any indicator, it is incredibly difficult to get full and transparent disclosure from agencies like the RCMP and the Department of Justice.
In Bill C-20 as it stands now, and as I went through it on a first read, you see that the provisions are drafted in a way that provides a great deal of opportunity for those agencies to take positions on privilege or redactions. That is a systemic issue, and has been for many years, not just in this process but in many processes involving the RCMP.
We have to be able to get the information required, and certainly there are enough checks and balances within the act to ensure confidentiality and protection of that information, but if we're not going to provide full and frank disclosure to the body, then we can't rely on the decisions they're making.