Mr. Speaker, the CSIS civilian oversight system is not working.
We are still waiting for the government to act on the recommendations made by the 2006 commission of inquiry on the Maher Arar case. Eight years have gone by.
We recently learned that CSIS is refusing to answer to its civilian oversight committee, which is quite simply unacceptable.
If the minister is proposing to give additional powers to CSIS, why is he not giving more powers to its civilian oversight committee?