Mr. Chair, I do admire the fact that the official opposition has brought forward some of the suggestions—well, actually some of the recommendations—that the minister is going to be using at least in making his judgment.
First off, I think it's important to note that we're talking about an extremely small number of cases here, but in any event, it is a piece of legislation, so we should be having this discussion. The minister deposed how he's going to make his decisions on this related clause. In fact, they're on the CIC website as we speak, just to ensure that everyone's aware of how he will be interpreting and using his responsibilities under negative discretion.
If we move forward on this, it would fetter the opportunity to reflect both from the ministry's and the minister's perspective. It would weaken the potential discretion if we were to include everything that the opposition has mentioned. I would appreciate it if staff could respond to that in terms of why it is necessary to maintain the discretion that is currently in the legislation.