Thank you, Mr. Chair. I'm glad Mr. Hiebert explained it. I think this opens up an entirely different area for us, because that would then permit each and every member, given the issues to be discussed, to designate somebody as a staff member.
If I understood it correctly, it could be staff of another department, who will come in to accompany you as a staff member of your team. In other words, I could say, “Tomorrow, I'm going to bring in a military friend. He's not my staff member; he's not on payroll.”
I think we have to define now what a “staff member” is. Is he under an MOB, for example—I think that's one criterion that defines a staff member—or another staff member from a colleague in the House of Commons who is on his or her MOB?
I think, then, the common denominator is the MOB, as Cheryl prompted me to....