Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I would like to move the following amendment from the floor. My staff have emailed it to the clerk in both official languages.
I move that Bill C-377, in clause 1, be amended by adding after line 20 on page 2 the following:
Prohibition
(3) A member or former member of the Senate or the House of Commons must not knowingly disclose information to which they were given access under a security clearance, except if the disclosure is made during an in camera meeting of a committee of the Senate or the House of Commons, or of a joint committee, and every individual in attendance has also been granted the necessary security clearance by the Government of Canada.
While we wait for the email to be distributed, I'll offer our reasoning on this side.
This amendment provides a necessary safeguard measure to prevent inappropriate disclosure of classified information to individuals who have not been granted a security clearance by the Government of Canada.