I will share my time with Mr. Vincent.
Mr. Schellenberger, thank you for coming and presenting your bill to us. We support it. I think our military past is an integral part of our history and should be preserved. That is what you are trying to do with your bill.
I pointed out, as you no doubt noticed, a loophole in the bill, in clause 2. It talks about cultural property that can be transferred to near relatives. It defines “near relatives” as follows:
“near relative”, in respect of the owner of an insignia, means the father, mother, grandfather, grandmother, child, grandchild, brother or sister of the owner.
The definition does not include spouses, and that concerns me. That is a shortcoming. When we do the clause-by-clause study of the bill, I am going to introduce an amendment to include spouses in the definition. I believe they should indeed be included.
I would like to hear your comments on that.