Mr. Chair and colleagues, we took the intent from the just accepted motion, amended as it was, for clause 6. We felt that we would be consistent with the intent, so that the minister would be responsible for both the construction and the maintenance of the monument. That's an expansion. We think it's a logical extension of the intent of the bill, because we've already accepted that the minister would be responsible for allocating the public land as part of the commitment by the House of Commons to the principle of establishing a monument to this tragic event, which would be reflective of the interests of not only a few people who might have an attachment to the Holocaust but all people who want to decry this absolutely tragic and murderous event in the history of mankind.
We wanted to make sure that the Government of Canada, reflecting the interests of all Canadians, would take responsibility not just for allocating the land, which it has already accepted, but also for building and maintaining the monument. We've already accepted the principle that it would be guided in some of this by the council, the concept of which has been accepted in previous clauses as amended, but we wanted to make sure that the principle of the minister being responsible for all of this was maintained. That was, after all, the intention of the mover of the bill, and it was supported by the House. We want to ensure that everybody understands that's really what the House wanted to do. It wanted the executive branch to be in a position such that it would always reflect the interests of all Canadians in this monument.