Thank you, Madam Chair.
The first point I'd like to share with the committee is that to this point, none of the previous legislative remedies for lost Canadians, either in 2000 or 2015, restored citizenship to persons who had passed away. That is a first concern.
The second concern is the potential for unintended consequences, including potentially for citizenship by descent for such persons. I believe there is a provision in the proposed amendment that is seeking to mitigate that, but from the perspective of the experts in the department and our colleagues at the Department of Justice, we're not necessarily convinced that the concern is fully mitigated. There is a potential for unintended consequences or impact on the descendants of those who are targeted by this amendment, and those are people who are alive today.
Those are some points to share for the committee's consideration.
I'll invite my colleague from the Department of Justice to speak in case there's anything I have neglected or there's anything she may wish to add on this point.