Thank you, Chair.
We agree 100% with the intent of this. In terms of political staff, or the staff working for MPs, or in the Senate, or for ministers, the ability to remove whatever minister from whatever party is in power is important, and we did hear testimony to that effect.
We have alternative wording because the wording that has been presented is too broad. If you work in the Library of Parliament, for example, it would still be removed. We would be changing the situation.
The wording we would propose specifically talks about a member of the Senate or their staff, and a member of the House of Commons or employee. I can't amend this, so maybe I could get some direction from the clerk on how to do this, because if we defeat this, I'd like to introduce alternative wording. Our opposition to this amendment is not because we don't support the amendment's intent, but because we have better wording. We need direction from the clerk as to how to do this.