We discussed that the amendment raises concerns. Some are obvious, and some might be less obvious or, in fact, unintended.
The safeguards in clause 71 are very specifically about ensuring that the existing disciplinary processes are not affected. Changing clause 71 such that those safeguards apply to the statute as a whole could result in a very strange construction in saying that nothing in the act affects the powers and rights of the commissioner or the president, when there are plenty of provisions in the act that do that very thing. They are intended to create powers and rights of the commissioner or the president in relation to the complaint process. It would appear to make a safeguard provision overly large, to the point of affecting the very purpose for which Parliament would enact the statute.
My colleagues from the commission may have more specifics to offer, but I think that would be our concern about the nature of the amendment.