Thank you, Chair.
We will be moving this one.
I'd like to move CPC-12, and I'll give a brief explanation. This amendment would provide remuneration for back pay for officers who were suspended during an investigation if the complaint was withdrawn or unfounded.
I would like to provide a bit of rationale for that. This amendment addresses an issue that was raised by the CBSA union. Currently, under CBSA's complaint regime, if a serious allegation is made against an officer, that officer's security clearance is revoked; therefore, that officer is not suspended and not fired, but that officer cannot go to work and does not receive any pay. Ultimately, if a complaint is deemed to be unfounded, that officer must go through a lengthy grievance process to receive any back pay. This issue is obviously devastating for our hard-working CBSA officers, and we hope all committee members can support this very reasonable amendment.