Amendment 3 is an amendment to ensure the appropriate committee of the House will have an opportunity to conduct public hearings with respect to the proposed regulations brought forward by the minister under this legislation. This is really just a chance for some oversight by the proper parliamentary committee for any of these regulations, which we can see through this discussion are going to be pretty contentious in every application everywhere across the country.
The thought we were going to leave this in the hands of a minister—it may not be this minister, it may not be this government. As legislators, we have a responsibility when we see there are many contentious issues around the rights of Canadians: the ability of our economy to continue to run efficiently, ensuring that security is maintained. We've seen evidence that perhaps some of the ideas that have been expressed here about the nature of these security clearances may not be appropriate. They may not actually get the bad guys.
So I think it's incumbent upon Parliament, when you pass enabling legislation like this—it's not prescriptive legislation, it's enabling legislation—that you have an oversight capacity within the legislation, and that's what this amendment is trying to do.