Thanks.
This is actually in response to Kevin's question, or a general question, and David first raised it, as to why not open it up to every member. I'll give you my interpretation; I won't speak on behalf of Scott, because he was the one who drafted the motion. As we all know, if you are a member of a recognized party, in other words you have a legitimate caucus, you can sub in membership at any time. In other words, if a member of the NDP or the Liberals wanted to make an amendment on a specific bill at a specific committee, they'd merely have to sub themselves in and present it, but the independents don't have that ability.
I see this as being specific to those members who aren't in a recognized party because they do not have the ability just to come and vote and participate in a meeting, as every other member of a recognized party does.
So when you say “open it up”, in effect it is opened up to every member except the independents, as we stand right now, because we all have the ability to do exactly what the independents don't have the ability to do.