The effect of L-1 would be to remove the Senate from the appointment of the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner.
As members know, one of the results of Bill C-2 is to create a new Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner, who will, as Mr. Stringham has said, have three distinct functions. The first will be to assume the function of the current Ethics Commissioner in respect of the House code. In that respect, the commissioner is truly a servant of the House of Commons. The second function is the function of the current Senate Ethics Officer, who, similar to the Ethics Commissioner, is a servant of that chamber. And the third function, of course, is the administration of the Conflict of Interest Act, which you're considering this morning.
The effect of the amendments in L-1 would be to remove any role for the Senate in the appointment of this unified officer.