Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I would like to ask a question of clarification from our witnesses, please, Mr. Chair. It's associated with paragraph (d) in the NDP amendment, which talks about expressly requesting the use of cluster munitions “where the choice of munitions used is within the exclusive control”.
I would like to get you to compare how that relates to paragraph 11(1)(b) that is already in the bill, because to me it seems that if the choice of munitions used is not within the exclusive control, that kind of covers off the other side of that as well. I was very compelled by General Natynczyk's testimony and also some of the comments that were made about troops calling strikes in on themselves, which was actually very compelling and actually very scary in some cases.
With that, I'd just like you to explain paragraph 11(1)(b) in the context of this, where it says “expressly requesting the use of a cluster munition”, and how that fits with “the choice of munitions...is not within the exclusive control of the Canadian Forces”. Could you clear that up?
Like I said in the last meeting, I'm just a lowly accountant, not a lawyer, so if you could explain that to me, that would be great.