Thank you, Mr. Chair.
There were two different discussions. Mr. Masse raised the issue of independence of the committee generally, but going back specifically to Mr. Lake's proposal, the only concern I had in the direct reading is that it seemed to limit us to one representative for the party, which is a little bit different from how the original motion was worded.
But I don't have a big difficulty with it either way, and Mr. Masse has raised some very relevant points as to why in a general sense this may not be a good thing. It wasn't intended in any way to eliminate the Liberals' ability to have two staff members, because that of course is a good thing.