Mr. Chairman, I would like my colleague to explain to me what the Senate has just done in this matter. I have often called Mr. Kenny the unelected Minister of Defence. So we could ask a committee of non-elected individuals to decide on an act passed by the House of Commons. That makes no sense, to my mind.
For my part, I would delete “[...] by the committee of either the Senate or the House of Commons or of both [...]” I think the passage of bills is a responsibility of the elected members of Parliament. If it were a matter of a re-evaluation, I wouldn't be satisfied with remaining seated while senators did our work.
I'd like to hear my colleagues' arguments on that subject.