The subamendment would remove any reference to the words “Conservative“ or “Conservative Party” where you see the word “logo“ and it would be replaced by “of a political party”.
I'm not proposing that we would remove a discussion about party logos on cheques. I think that's a discussion that clearly Ms. Freeman wants to have, and I'm not proposing that we would remove that. I'm just saying let's make it about all party logos on all cheques.
The second part of the amendment would be to remove the word “Conservative” where it appears as an adjective after “funds by”. Then, where you see “members of Parliament“, you would put “public office holders, past and present”.
I know that the Liberal members of the committee have already indicated they're not supporting the subamendment. I expect further that they will not want to have any scrutiny of the behaviour that occurred under a past Liberal government, so I suspect that they will be ferociously opposed to the idea of having a fair and balanced motion that's non-partisan. But for other members of the committee who are interested in having an open discussion about what public office holders have done and continue to do, this amendment allows the discussion to go forward and at the same time opens the door to ensure that it is fair and balanced.
That's my subamendment.