Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I am sure that not many people are holding their breath on whether this will be adopted or not.
However, we will come to this concept several times as we come to the amendments, as the bill has four major parts.
This amendment proposes that what we need to do here is a review of the impacts of this information sharing legislation, and then a recommendation from a committee of the House on whether this should be renewed. We are proposing to sunset these clauses in three years.
The government has been arguing consistently this morning that the threats we face are changing and evolving, and no one disagrees with that, but that is actually one of the very strong arguments for having a sunset clause and a review to see if in three years this legislation is in fact doing what it needs to do to protect us against the terrorist threats the country faces.
It is a common concept you'll find coming up again in these amendments that, as elected representatives, we take the time to do a thorough study of the impacts of this bill. Then, that committee could make a recommendation to the House, which by a motion could then extend these provisions, if we find they are effective, or allow them to lapse.
As I said, the government has been emphasizing here this morning the changing nature of the threat of terrorism, and I find it hard to see why the government would not find it a good idea to have this review and a sunset provision.
Thank you.