Chair, I'm going to present the same arguments I presented the last time we went through this. Having been a parliamentary secretary in the past, when we were a minority government, the Conservatives at that time did not want the parliamentary secretary to sit on the subcommittee. I don't see why we should be changing that protocol and procedure.
The parliamentary secretary certainly is there to represent the minister and has the minister's wishes in mind and the minister's guidance. Certainly the subcommittee should be an individual committee that makes up its mind and has no influence whatsoever from the minister or the ministry itself.