Mr. Chairman, I'd like us to be given some time to draft an amendment, but I don't know whether unanimous consent is necessary for that. I'm going to speak, and you'll tell me whether it's admissible or not and what I should do.
In the context of the transitional measures, we'd like the present Ethics Commissioner to automatically keep his position and to ensure the transition until the end of his term. We would also like the Public Appointments Commissioner, since Bill C-2 creates that position, to define the hiring conditions of the next public sector Integrity Commissioner.
We don't want the government to duplicate the bodies it wants to put in place. We're convinced that the Public Appointments Commissioner will be a qualified person and will determine proper appointment criteria. We want to give him all possible leeway. That way, we could pass the amendment, eliminate that, and everything would be in order.