I do see it as a friendly amendment, Mr. Chair. I think the department's fine with it obviously. They've come up with the wording. If it's good with them, frankly, I don't have a legal degree and if they think this particular amendment does not compromise the rule of law or any other major legal framework as part of Bill C-59 in general terms, then I'm not going to be very difficult.
In fact, as you'll see, with any amendments that I'm proposing I'm open to suggestions. In general terms, I think we have amendments here that respect the rule of law, respect legal tradition in Canada, and I'll leave it to the officials to take up the matter where there could be a major question. The opposition can raise that and I'm open to suggestions, but I think the wording of the amendment in general terms is good.