Thank you, Madam Chair.
I would just like to add that the subamendment I'm proposing is to ensure that no parliamentarian can do what was done by a senator and what the committee heard in testimony. It specifies that only members of Parliament and senators appointed as members of the King's Privy Council could benefit from a delegation of authority. That would be the only way for them to get delegated authority to send or fill out visa forms. We have all received examples in various emails that were sent to us after Senator Marilou McPhedran's testimony.
I think the proposed subamendment provides greater clarity in that regard.
I know that some members and senators have sometimes done so under some legislation. I just want to make sure that the public and members of Parliament, but also those who can do legislative work, know that they aren't allowed to write a letter for any visa anywhere.
As my colleague mentioned, we heard testimony that a senator thought that the minister, through his chief of staff and other people in the government, had delegated to her the necessary powers to perform certain tasks, even though she wasn't a member of the King's Privy Council.
So I just want to make that clearer. In the future, parliamentarians won't be able to say that they didn't know that they didn't have the right to obtain delegated authority if they aren't appointed to the King's Privy Council.
Thank you.