The PCRC would be able to access privileged information. My understanding of this amendment is that it is a consequential amendment to NDP-16 that would actually provide the PCRC with access to excluded information under clause 19, which would entail solicitor-client privileged information for employees, for instance, solicitor-client information that is shared with the RCMP and the CBSA when they have to deal with the commission, or information that the RCMP and CBSA prepare for meetings with the commission.
The exclusion is in place, I think, to provide for procedural fairness, among other things.