I appreciate the civil side. My question relates more to complaints that might arise that have a national security flair to them. There may be some non-traditional, non-civil non-disclosure agreements based on some national security issues.
Would this addition cause some concern if there was a complaint made about an investigation done by the RCMP, for example, in a matter that is of national security concern? Maybe they overstepped an authority or there's the allegation that they've overstepped an authority. At some point throughout that, because of the national security concerns, there was a non-disclosure agreement arrived at at some point in time with a witness or whomever. Would that create a problem with that investigation?
I see non-disclosure agreements as a blanket, having huge concerns for investigations. You can make a decision only based on the information you have. If information is being withheld because of a non-disclosure agreement, civil or otherwise, you have a less than fulsome suite of evidence to use.
I'm just curious to know whether a national security concern would play into this at all. Should we be alarmed by having this particular amendment considered under the act?