In terms of Bill C-12, I'm quite happy with what has been provided to us in terms of the the expanded powers of CBSA, the expanded capacity of IRCC to share the information and the enhanced powers to FINTRAC and financial intelligence, but I aspire always in law enforcement towards fusion. We have about 150 police services in this country. If we all collectively knew what we actually know and had it for extraction, we would be much more efficient.
I see many of the changes in Bill C-12 as moving in that direction: the establishment of the JOIC, the expanded controls at the border and the expanded powers. Those are all powerful information-sharing authorities and will lead to expanded investigative frameworks, which I see as positive, but the major push I have, on behalf of anyone I've ever spoken to in law enforcement, is the need for our specialized investigative techniques.
Without those, we cannot get to the heart of a conspiracy. Whether it's a conspiracy to commit murder or whether it is a transnational conspiracy for bringing fentanyl, cocaine or firearms into this country, our opportunities would be restricted to opportunistic interdiction for those seizures, as opposed to a proactive intelligence-informed operation.