Madam Speaker, I too want to congratulate the commission chair, Shirley Heafey, for starting the application of complaint.
The Arar family and friends have been demanding a full public inquiry into this case. The RCMP complaints commission has no power to impose discipline or to order compensation payment to the victims.
I read from the same page that the parliamentary secretary received from the Internet. It states that the commission chair can initiate a complaint, and the complaint has been referred to the RCMP for investigation. In other words, members of the RCMP are investigating themselves. That is kind of ludicrous.
How do we get transparency out of this process? That is why there needs to be a full public inquiry into this matter.