I understand the constraints you face and that you can't simply say “yes”, but I personally will be advocating for that as being one of the recommendations of the committee.
I, personally, would also note, as I haven't been in charge of Treasury Board since 2025, since the last election, that the changes that were made to the policies in 2025 have changed the evaluation to a more collective evaluation of information to deal with the DEI changes, which creates a greater amount of subjectivity now with respect to the evaluation.
I'll ask the representative for the Treasury Board.
Mr. Hatfield, do you agree that this creates, now, more subjectivity, when you're taking a holistic as opposed to a black and white approach to somebody's security clearance, based on information you're getting? Does it now leave more power in the hands of whoever is making that decision at the department level?
