I wonder whether we're just working ourselves into an opposition frame of mind for no reason at all. The minister, when he presents a bill to the House, has the option of sending it directly to committee or of waiting until it goes through second reading. What I see is that this one exercises the same kind of option as you would have with a bill, except that it comes over here first. In that way, when your terms of reference are out there, they're out there. For us, it's to recommend to the minister.... First of all, he doesn't have to conduct a review. Second, he doesn't have to accept our recommendation if he does conduct a review. We just want to establish the fact that we're working together.
As Mr. BĂ©langer said--and it's his motion, not mine--nobody's interested in limiting the executive power of the minister. If the minister wants to conduct a review, fine. If he doesn't want to conduct a review, it doesn't matter whether this passes unanimously or by majority vote, he's still not going to conduct one.