Thanks to my colleagues for supporting me during that time.
I'm going to talk about an issue that I don't think gets talked about enough. It's not really controversial.
In proposed section 31, we have the five-year mandatory parliamentary review. In this legislation, different from the NSICOP Act, there's also a report that needs to be given to Parliament within one year of that review. We're currently almost two years overdue for the report on the NSICOP Act. I'm concerned that, if this legislation goes forward as is, a future Parliament.... It might not be until two Parliaments from now, given that there's a four-year mandate if there's a majority government. It might not be until two Parliaments from now when this critical legislation gets reviewed.
Dr. Leuprecht, I wonder if you have any suggestions or recommendations about shortening that five-year review period, or about whether we should put additional language in there to ensure this review takes precedence at committee, rather than just being shuttled off whenever another piece of legislation or an important issue comes up—just like the NSICOP Act review has been delayed.
Thank you.