Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
Amendment NDP-1 would amend clause 28. The purpose of this is as follows.
Bill C-12 would introduce ministerial powers to disclose personal information that is in IRCC's possession to any department, agency or body of the federal or provincial governments, including Crown corporations. This power to share people's personal information is, in my view, unnecessarily broad.
In the review process for Bill C-12, Amnesty International said that this “could expose people to persecution, discrimination and harm, and could inhibit refugees' and migrants' ability to access critical services without fear.”
As the Canadian Council for Refugees explained, “This could negatively impact the safety of migrants and refugees in Canada or their country of origin if they are forced to return.”
To that end, Mr. Chair, my amendment limits its power by reducing this list of agencies to the Canada Border Services Agency and the Immigration and Refugee Board for the purposes of this section.