At initial reading, the recommendation may seem to be of little interest. However, the more I think about it and read it, the more I think it is actually important. It has been at the heart of all the debates we have held. The recommendation seeks to establish a balance between the health of parliamentarians, the health of people working on Parliament Hill and the respect of parliamentary privileges, including the privilege of coming to testify and taking a seat in Parliament. That has been the key issue in all of our debates.
Even if it was not combined with an accountability mechanism, I think it is important in itself, in a way. When we spend more time on it, we realize that it is anything but a platitude.