Thank you, Chair.
I just want to speak in favour of this amendment. My colleague Ms. Nash spoke about the need for a definition of net benefit, and I entirely agree with my colleague Ms. May that we need to have a definition of national security factors. I can say this as someone who has served as the legal adviser to the Security Intelligence Review Committee for many years and was recently appointed by Mr. Nicholson to be the special advocate under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act dealing with national security matters.
Of course, under the CSIS Act there is a very clear, cogent definition of threats to the security of Canada, which is the holy grail, the bible, for those doing work in this field. I thought the definition that was provided, 11 factors and a basket clause, was entirely appropriate and useful, and I really speak in favour of the need for such a definition.