Madam Speaker, thank you for the opportunity to speak to Bill C-3.
I am in favour of a complaints and review mechanism for the Canada Border Services Agency, or CBSA. This type of proposal goes to the very heart of our government's core values and objectives.
Each minister of the Crown has a mandate letter that clearly states:
We have committed to an open, honest government that is accountable to Canadians, lives up to the highest ethical standards and applies the utmost care and prudence in the handling of public funds.
We want to raise the bar even further on the transparency and integrity of government.
As Prime Minister Trudeau said, if we want Canadians to trust their government—