Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Our problem is that while we don't deny the desirability of getting to the solution, this is simplistic. It is in fact beyond the scope of the bill as written. It's not a solution that works, because the authority to dispense funds actually doesn't come from this act. It doesn't come from the National Defence Act. It comes from the Financial Accountability Act. If I recall Vice-Admiral Donaldson's remarks, he did want it to be solved, but he said the department was in the process of solving it and that he preferred to see it solved through that ongoing process.
For the same reason that amendments BQ-3 and BQ-3.1 were outside the scope of the bill, we believe that amendment NDP-1 is also outside the scope of the bill, and we would vote against it.