Thank you, Mr. Chair. Continuing in the spirit in which Mr. Norlock has set us, I'd like to thank him for a fowl joke that was like casting pearls before swine.
Moving on, this is an attempt to remedy something that looks quite benign. Clause 31 of the act on page 40 amends the customs tariff. Essentially what it does is create the ability and the duty of customs officials to enforce the vague provisions about terrorism, in general in terms of propaganda, without judicial authorization. This was one of the clauses that attracted the attention of a number of critics, including Professors Roach and Forcese, who recommended that the provision should be rejected for enforcement by customs officials without judicial authorization.
What I've done, rather than delete it in its entirety, is to tidy up the language and to relate the acts or omissions to language that we understand in law—it constitutes a terrorism offence or a terrorist activity—and remove the reference back to the very vague terrorism in general provisions that are so offensive in this clause.