Thank you, Chair.
On page 46 of the blues, Mr. Rob Walsh was quoted. He goes to great length to talk about the difference between what a department's decision is, what it means in Parliament, etc. A little further down there's a paragraph that begins, “I don't think one should, however, allow this way of talking--'CIDA decision, departmental decision'--to be used as a shield”, etc. Then he says towards the bottom, “coming from the professional level, the departmental level, and the ministerial decision, which is political.”
He is equating a ministerial decision with a political decision. So why don't we just change that word “political” to “ministerial”, because it has so many other meanings. Anyone reading this would be confused. So I would like to make a motion to change the word “political” to “ministerial” decision.