Thanks, Mr. Chair.
I'm afraid we're getting bogged down in unnecessary discussion on procedure. I am of the view that this is fairly straightforward.
In response to Mr. Thériault's position, it's not just a voting position; it's an advocacy position. You want to avoid having to put a chair of a subcommittee in the situation where he or she is both an advocate and a voting member. It just makes it easier.
Let's not get too caught up in this, because remember that whatever happens at the subcommittee has to come back to this group as a whole. I don't think there's any risk in this amendment. I will remind everybody that it was adopted by this committee last June and was functioning quite well until the end of that session.