Thanks very much.
I'll note that in, I think it was 2022, I did go on the travel sponsored by CIJA, and that informs my view of the range of issues that were covered during the experience, but also on the subject of sponsored travel.
I think that, at the core, the most important thing is the transparency that comes from the disclosures that are made thereafter. It's important that sponsored travel is reported. It's important that the reporting is transparent and that, for example, it's not necessary for me to say that I took that trip with my spouse because the total value, the details, the dates, are public. I think that's important, as is the case with all lobbying activity.
When it comes to the question of whether or not it's a gift, do you think it would simplify the matter if members were given, through the House of Commons, through the consolidated revenue fund, budgets to engage in this kind of travel, be it with or without the coordination of third party organizations like yours, for example?