Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank my colleague for her speech today on Bill C-22.
I would like to ask her a fairly specific and direct question about one of the aspects of the bill, namely, the fact that the chair is appointed by the Prime Minister and not elected, which is the practice of most of our allies.
Our allies agree that the members of the committee can choose and elect one of the members as the chair.
In the case of Bill C-22, I am wondering why the government has chosen to appoint the committee chair rather than opting for the election of one of the committee members.