Thank you very much, Ms. Clarke.
I know that part of this stems from the transparency with respect to Bill C-31, when we talked about safe country of origin and how we moved it from being a regulatory piece attached to the bill and included that transparency right within the bill itself, but those are exceptions to the rule. I credit the opposition and Ms. Sims for pushing on when we dealt with this issue in Bill C-31, agreeing in a convincing way that it was important to have that transparency.
That is not the regular process upon which we build legislation and, as indicated, the framework that will be utilized on negative discretion will be built into regulation. In fact, it's already public. Ms. Sims is correct. She read from the document itself, and that is a document which will be the guiding lamppost in terms of decision-making for the minister.
The fact that we need to maintain some discretion beyond that is critical. I hope the opposition understands that there are circumstances which would elude the information brought forward. If we were to put it in the legislation, it would prevent us in certain circumstances from being able to make a decision that would be necessary.