Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Thank you, Mr. Minister, for outlining the government's position.
I regard the circumstances as almost unique here at the committee. I think in your remarks you came just short of inviting the committee to consider the possibility of a third proposal that would vary from both the original, produced by the compensation commission, and the one outlined in the government's legislation.
We have this very odd circumstance where we have the executive of government with a position, the independent commission, which probably reflects the views of the judiciary, and then we have around this table a representation of Parliament. I can't recall that happening before, where you have all three branches of government essentially looking at each other around the table.
Did you sincerely invite us to consider the possibility of rejigging the proposal here to better reflect the views of our electors, or were you just speaking in the hypothetical?