Thank you, Madam Chair.
I would agree with Ms. Kwan in regard to any of us thinking, as parliamentarians, that this would be possible for us to do, because it isn't. She's quite right on that.
I agree with the proposal from my colleague to change it by adding “Any parliamentarian”, as opposed to “Members of the Senate”. Who would have thought that any member of the Senate would have ever tried this before? As far as I know, it hasn't been done. It's a situation, as a Manitoba member of parliament.... I'm speaking about Ms. McPhedran, who is the senator from Manitoba, and the situation that she took part in at least.
I think that this clarifies the situation, because unless there's precedent I'm not aware of, a member of the Senate has never done this before. It could have been done by a parliamentarian, perhaps, the same way.
I would indicate that I would support this amendment, as well as the subamendment to Ms. Rempel Garner's amendment that my colleague Mr. Kmiec has brought forward. I think it's just a matter of clarification. We should just move on with this unanimously.
As far as I can see, I don't think there's any harm in putting the “any parliamentarian” part in there, and it certainly does clarify it for any future exchange of this type that might take place.