This amendment puts in the words “material respect”. The way the wording currently exists, it leaves no option. If there is a complaint put before the Competition Bureau, it would have to act. If an error was made, or if the matter was plainly trivial, the Competition Bureau would not have the flexibility to forbear to take action. They would have to act.
We do not think putting in the words “material respect” detracts from the force of the bill. It doesn't change anything in the bill itself, but it gives the Competition Bureau the flexibility to abstain from considering a matter it judges to be unimportant. It will help to keep the system from clogging up if we put in the words “material respect”. So we don't think it does any harm to the bill itself. It merely allows the Competition Bureau to take relevance into account before acting.