My understanding, from your comments, was that a number of the clauses that could be dropped had little or no effect on the rest of the bill. In other cases, removing those clauses from Bill C-393 could have an impact on other clauses in the bill. That was my understanding, especially with regard to the first two clauses that could be removed, clauses 6 and 7.
The last clause you mentioned, however, clause 14, might be worth keeping, because it directly addresses the question I put to Mr. Masse on the addition or removal of listed products. That could give Parliament somewhat of an advisory role in the process. Of all the clauses you mentioned, I think that would be the one most worth keeping. So we are talking about clauses 21.17 to 21.2.
It is not with this addition or removal of clauses, as far as Bill C-393 goes, that we can really consider the second Liberal amendment. That amendment deals with another aspect of the bill and seeks to delete lines 15 to 18 of clause 4. My understanding, from what most of the witnesses said, was that that part was the real bone of contention.
I first want to ask Mr. Masse about that, since he is the one responsible for the bill right now. In your opinion, lines 15 to 18 of clause 4 speak to the heart of the bill. Without them, there is no bill.