Citizenship and Immigration committee  No, I don't have anything to add. Thank you.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Mr. Chair, I would like to add to some of my previous comments. There is flexibility. We may include information in the report on the instances when it was used. I would like to highlight one point about the privacy of the individual. It would need to be respected in accordance with the Privacy Act.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  The amendment would create a reporting requirement more specific than what's currently provided in the annual report. We're suggesting that there's flexibility to include, to report on, the use of the authority, but it's not as itemized.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  There's flexibility to include other things within that report.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Excuse me for jumping ahead a bit.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Mr. Chair, if I may, section 94 of the act already provides a requirement to report to Parliament. There are a few instances where it codifies what types of things the minister must report on. For instance, gender-based analysis is one. In the proposed amendment is a requirement to add this as another item which the minister would be required to report on.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  If I may clarify, the question was regarding what the minister is required to report on currently. Section 94 of the act outlines what the current requirements are. There are only certain things listed there in terms of what must absolutely be included in that annual report. The response is that although there is no reporting requirement associated with this provision, we are suggesting to include the instances where it is used in the report.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  To respond to that comment specifically, keeping the guidelines outside the legislation allows the minister to react to situations that may be unanticipated or unexpected. It's a way to react more quickly than if it were codified within the legislation. One of the aspects is that it would lose the flexibility.