The bill as written says that if a committee passes a motion calling for an individual to be sanctioned or for the government to report on an individual being sanctioned, if that committee is a committee responsible for matters related to foreign affairs, the minister has to provide a response in the format prescribed.
What we're proposing to do with this amendment is remove the requirement that it only be a committee dealing with foreign affairs. It has come to our attention since the original drafting that there are other committees that may deal with sanctions issues, and they want to make a recommendation like this. I think the most obvious one would be the justice committee. The justice committee is not responsible for matters related to foreign affairs in particular, but it would look at issues related to sanctions. There might be other committees in the course of their work—perhaps status of women and finance, etc.—that want to make recommendations for individuals who would be sanctioned. We propose to broaden the section to allow any committee to make that recommendation.
I know there were some other proposals for amendments to this section. We have another amendment to propose, but for now this is the amendment that we're moving.
Thank you.