My question is for our legislative lawyer, as opposed to the departmental lawyer. It is on Mr. Dykstra's comment that this amendment would take away the minister's authority to appoint a regulatory body. That says to me that the amendment is outside the scope of the act and would have been disallowed as an amendment, because the act is principally about the minister establishing a regulatory body. We're not doing it through legislation; we're giving that minister powers, so I just wanted to check. If the government side is right, the minister then loses.... It does relate to the other comments, but I'm confused.
If the minster doesn't have the power, it should not be allowed. If it is allowed, that means the minister still has the power; therefore it makes it a more interesting discussion.
You may want time to think about that, but you've obviously ruled that it's admissible, so that would then nullify the government's argument on this.