That's another good question. It's not clear in the bill whether, essentially, an application would be going through the process that was set up and built for the public service. If that is the case, then it would last for 10 years. The revocation is another question that I think the committee would want to think about. What would be the implications if a member of Parliament were denied a clearance or, through whatever case, had their clearance revoked? What implications would that have for the individual member of Parliament, for their party, for the caucus, for the leader of that party and for Parliament more generally?
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