You're right, without question, David, this has been complex. It's been interesting; it's been a discussion we've had, and we've had many points of view on it. At the end of the day, our considered opinion—I say ours because I'm using the collective here—is that this would be the best way to go. With respect to the loophole, the clause talks about if a member ceases to or has ceased to be a member and who is convicted. It captures someone, perhaps, who has resigned. It takes care of that loophole; that's just the wording of this.
On the point of the convictions themselves, the current bill, or the original bill as proposed by Mr. Williamson, refers to any parliamentarian who is convicted of an indictable offence under any act of Parliament that carries a maximum prison sentence of such and such, of two years or more, regardless of the actual sentence imposed. It refers to just the offence carrying a maximum of over two years, if that offence was related to criminal conduct, etc. We're saying that there should be specificity when it comes to the types of offences the parliamentarian has been convicted of, regardless of what the sentence is, whether he's sitting now or ceased to be sitting because he resigned six months ago, if he's convicted.