It's been 35 years ago already since the McDonald commission recommended that there be an election of a chair, that the chair be a member of the opposition party, and that the parties be represented on the committee roughly in proportion to their strength in the House. So it's not a new idea.
Professor Roach, you made a very intriguing point about the secretariat during your presentation. If I understood you, you said special advocates, who are security-cleared, private sector lawyers working on immigration matters, could be available on a case-by-case basis in a particular area, as required. I thought that was a really intriguing perspective, because it would not allow the secretariat to simply become a government agency, but would presumably enrich its expertise with people who've done this work before courts and boards. Is it already possible, or do we need an amendment? I note that clause 29 has the contracting power available to the secretariat anyway, so I wasn't sure if you were suggesting that if we wanted to take that excellent idea to heart whether we would need to change the statute to do so.