Thank you, Mr. Owen.
I want to ask Mr. Godin and then Madam O'Brien for a comment. But would it help anybody under subsection (2) if we were to add, “for the purposes of this Standing Order, members of political parties registered under the Canada Elections Act not officially recognized in the House are not considered independent members”? Does that help anybody with this issue?
I'll tell you what I don't want to do. I don't want to have a big, long discussion on Tuesday. We're moving to clause-by-clause. I'm hoping this can be worked out by Tuesday. I think it's up to Madam Redman and Monsieur Guimond, both of whom unfortunately have had to leave.
Are there other issues we need to deal with, or is this becoming a bigger problem?
Madam O'Brien, please make a comment, and then I want to hear from Mr. Godin.