I will say that the way in which the committee is proposed to be structured under the bill is certainly preferable to the status quo. It would be certainly possible, and I think desirable, to have more independence in the way the committee is structured than what the bill proposes. As I said in answer to Mr. Dubé, I would err in favour of more independence, but does it have to be the same independence as the courts have vis-à-vis the executive? Perhaps not. The bill is better than the status quo. It would be preferable to have more independence, but I'm not suggesting that there should be complete independence.
On November 17th, 2016. See this statement in context.