Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Thank you for your presentation and your clarifications, Ms. Curtis.
I'm going to take a chance and ask a question on clause 35 in Bill C-2, since you seem very familiar with it and very well informed. I will start by reading you the proposed clause:
35. (1) No former reporting public office holder shall enter into a contract of service with, except an appointment to a board of directors of, or accept an offer of employment with, an entity with which he or she had direct and significant official dealings during the period of one year immediately before his or her last day in office.
That could mean for example, had this bill been in force, that Irwin Cotler, who was the Minister of Justice and Attorney General for Canada in the Liberal government, could not have practised as a lawyer anywhere, because, as Minister of Justice, he had been called upon to work directly with the courts or with various courts in making his decisions that resulted in amending the Criminal Code. Is that correct?
Therefore, this...