Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
I certainly appreciate members of the committee in their consideration of this. I'm glad we're getting into this. I do hope, Mr. Chair, that we'll be able to schedule additional meetings in the next few days so that we can get through this important legislation. We have a lot of amendments to consider.
In this particular case, NDP-11 would add “privileged” in terms of allowing the commission to have access to privileged information. The ability of NSIRA, for example, to investigate is in part because of its ability to access this privileged information. The reality is that the PCRC needs to have access to that privileged information if it's investigating national security issues.
The objective of this amendment is to allow for that access to information, so the new PCRC can be on par with NSIRA in its abilities to review activities and handle complaints for both the RCMP and CBSA.