I would say that the Liberal amendment is in conformity with what we agreed to previously, that the minister is responsible for overseeing the construction and the maintenance of the monument. But we cannot pass clause 7 as it stands if we are going to discuss amendment G-7 later.
In paragraph 7(2), it says: “The Council shall spearhead a fundraising campaign to cover the cost of constructing the Monument.” Here is what the government is proposing in amendment G-7: “The Council shall spearhead a fundraising campaign to cover the cost of planning, designing, installing and maintaining the Monument…” So amendment G-7 would take care of the maintenance.
We have to be consistent. We should have a friendly amendment, meaning that we should support amendments LIB-2 and G-7 as presented and we should replace clause 7 of the bill completely, if we want to be consistent. We should discuss both of them at the same time so that we are sure that we have got it straight.