Mr. Chair, I'll finish off.
My only concern is that when I look at what we're about to pass, it says, “a minister may delegate to any person, subject to any conditions that the minister considers appropriate.…”. That gives any powers, duties, or functions conferred on the minister under act. At first glance, the difference is that the other provision says as this one does; it mentions the convention, but the delegation of responsibility in the Anti-Personnel Mines Convention Implementation Act says:
The Minister may designate one or more persons to exercise the powers, and perform the duties and functions, of the Minister under this act or the Convention….
I guess what's missing here, and maybe it's not an issue—I just want to be careful because we're passing legislation—is that we don't have the same reference. It says “under the act”; it doesn't have language on the convention.
I'm just flagging that for the record. That's my read of it. If it's not an issue, I'll leave it. I wanted to raise that question, and I thank our experts for their point of view, unless there's something else that needs to be said.