That's fine, and I apologize for the confusion regarding my amendments and the memos that I have from Mr. Walsh's staff.
To explain my amendment and the purpose thereof, I would like to briefly discuss clause 99 and the impact of clause 99 as it is now constructed. Ultimately, clause 99 proposes sections that would regulate the personal trusts of members, and the conflict commissioner would have the power to make orders directly against a member, with fines up to $2,000 that could be imposed by the commissioner if the member did not comply with the commissioner's orders. The provisions in clause 99, forming part of the Parliament of Canada Act, would be outside of the ability of the House and its members to consider, revise, enforce, or regulate.
Then we can go into the conflict commissioner's powers under proposed sections 41.1 to 41.3. They stand apart from the commissioner's other powers with respect to members, if we look at proposed section 87 and the member's code. These particular powers that one would find under proposed sections 41.1 to 41.3 would be exercised as statutory powers, and the House would not be able to object to the actions taken by the commissioner. Further, as a result of the exclusion of the proposed sections 41.1, 41.2, and 41.3 from judicial review--and that's as a result of clause 38 on page 51, as amended by the government amendment G-24--the commissioner would have exclusive control over the exercise of the powers under those proposed sections 41.1, 41.2, and 41.3 without any judicial reviews.
So I want to come to my amendment now. That explains my view, which is also the view of Mr. Walsh and his legal staff as to clause 99 right now.