Thank you for the question.
There are a lot of things we can do in terms of our money-laundering legislation. It's a big question. Budget 2023 did deal with some issues. The Province of British Columbia has been dealing with issues. Yes, we could talk about potential changes to legislation, enforcement agencies and any number of things, but to be pertinent to this committee, on May 11, I spoke about the ability of the commissioner of elections to investigate cases of electoral interference. There is an investigative unit at the office of the election commissioner, but that office, I suggest, doesn't have the necessary tools to carry out a money-laundering investigation.
For example, to my understanding, they do not receive intelligence from FINTRAC, which is Canada's financial intelligence agency, due to various restrictions. I don't believe they could obtain a wiretap for electronic eavesdropping. Canada Elections Act offences are not, to my knowledge, listed as designated offences, under part VI of our Criminal Code, that give rise to a wiretap.
There are these types of issues. I would not only recommend that this unit within the office of the commissioner of elections be expanded, because it's a good unit with good people in there, but they also need the tools and the resources.
Thank you.