My recollection of the policy basis for this independent commission was that it was a Supreme Court judgment, which you have referred to in your remarks. As I recall that judgment, it seemed to be rather clear, in my recollection of it. The court was of the view that when the independent commission had completed its work, it would only be in a rare circumstance, to be articulated by—I think they referred to the government, and I presume they meant the executive of government, with or without the support of government.... It would only vary it in extraordinary circumstances. I'm not so sure we have extraordinary circumstances here.
I'm not saying I agree or disagree with the reworking of the proposal in terms of the increase in the compensation, but would you be able to articulate here in some fashion the basis for the government's apparent view that it has ample authority, or reasonable authority, with or without the collaboration of the House and of Parliament, to rework the proposal of the independent commission in a way that coincides with what I described as the “extraordinary circumstances”? I may be using a poor adjective or adverb there, but could you do that?