I am not a member of the committee, but I believe the amendment will be proposed during the clause-by-clause study of the bill. I have been working with the Parliamentary Secretary, Mr. Dykstra, on some potential amendments.
Among other things, I suggested amendments to specify the following.
Individuals who were members of a country's armed forces or members of organized armed groups that were engaged in armed conflict with Canada. Individuals who have been convicted of high treason under section 47 of the Criminal Code, or individuals who have been sentenced to five or more years of imprisonment for offences related to terrorism under part 2.1 of the Criminal Code. I talked about equivalent terrorism offences abroad where individuals were convicted of offences under sections 73 to 76 of the National Defence Act and were sentenced to life imprisonment for committing acts of treason. There are individuals who were convicted of offences under section 67 of the National Defence Act and were sentenced to life imprisonment. There are also individuals who were convicted of offences under section 130 of the National Defence Act for committing acts of high treason under section 47 of the Criminal Code—or for committing an offence related to terrorism, as defined in section 2 of the Criminal Code—and were sentenced to five or more years of imprisonment.
That's what I propose as far as amendments go. Those are the goals we mean to pursue when it comes to amendments to the bill. It will be the responsibility of the Parliamentary Secretary to propose those amendments using legal and technical language.