Thank you, Mr. Chair.
The issue here, which also came out of Breaking Barriers Together, is the concern around both external misconduct and internal misconduct. In terms of ensuring that we have an ability for employees, people who are in the service with CBSA and RCMP, who give so much to our country, that they are...ensuring that this commission is free from the potential for conflicts of interest that may arise, NDP-3 endeavours to include the following:
is a member of the immediate family of a member, as defined in subsection 2(1) of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act, immediate family having the same meaning as in section 33 of the Canada Labour Standards Regulations
We've already adopted a clause that makes it clear that a member of the commission can't be a member of the RCMP, but immediate family as well could potentially, I think, give rise to that conflict of interest. We need to ensure, on behalf of RCMP officers and CBSA officers, that there are no potential conflicts of interest.
That's why I'm moving NDP-3.