Thank you, Mr. Brassard.
Changing the Constitution itself is an option. That is something that could be done, but it requires a decision of Parliament as a whole. If you change the Constitution, you amend it and you can say for greater certainty that virtual presence is considered presence. That's one option.
The other option, in terms of interpretation, is to say that the Constitution requires the presence of 20 members. Can virtual presence be acceptable by the House as presence for those purposes? Under a living-tree, modern interpretation, the argument would be that, in modern times, teleconference and video conference, these types of tools, are used and can be used to indicate one's presence and participation at a meeting. While that would not have been acceptable in the initial view of the Constitution, obviously in modern times it can be.
The other element that could be relevant is the presence of this emergency health crisis. There is also the point I made about interpreting the Constitution in a way that makes sense in terms of its internal architecture and the principle of democracy: Is it necessary for democracy to function and for the House to function during a pandemic to have some flexibility about how it operates? That would be something that would be relevant in that discussion.