Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I thank the committee for their indulgence, and I thank the clerk for pointing out the omission of the word “not” in the second line of the new and improved NDP amendment.
What we have is more clarity in the amendment that we're proposing right now to replace the amendment we had tabled before, so that there's no question we're talking about the guarantee of a loan and to make sure there's no ambiguity there. We've added a couple of lines to ensure there's no ambiguity that we're talking about a loan guarantee to a candidate. Simply put, it's to put in the words “may guarantee a loan”. That's in the NDP amendment that you have in front of you to replace the NDP amendment that was tabled on June 11.