Industry committee  Can you explain that?

Industry committee  It's not my area of expertise, sorry.

Industry committee  No, we don't know if there are draft regulations in existence yet, but certainly in my discussions with Measurement Canada, they're not available at this point if they are in production. From my perspective, there's a lot of work to be done in the regulations of this bill. We m

Industry committee  Yes.

Industry committee  They're not in the bill.

Industry committee  We have no way of knowing how the competitive environment will play out.

Industry committee  I can say with some level of assurance that our suppliers won't pay for it. What I can't comment on is how prices will be impacted by this bill.

Industry committee  Again it comes back to the certification process that Measurement Canada undertakes today and will undertake to a greater degree under the new regime, so that inspectors are trained and certified in a very rigorous way. Yes, on the surface there is a conflict between the person'

Industry committee  The intent of the Weights and Measures Act and of Bill C-14 is to ensure that the pumps are accurate. It is also the intent of the retailer to ensure that their pumps are accurate. So to the extent that the administrative monetary penalty enables a non-criminal violation when the

Industry committee  No, not in my experience, other than what has been in the press.

Industry committee  I'm not aware of any provinces that have mandatory regulations for inspections.

Industry committee  Yes.

Industry committee  I think the act is, as I mentioned before, for consumer confidence. I'm not sure it's going to change retailer behaviour. I think if retailers today are doing something egregious--tampering with the pump, or purposely ignoring a calibration that favours them--there are measures

Industry committee  I can't really comment on the internal mechanics of the pump, to be honest. It's not my area of expertise. I can only go from my understanding in talking to the industry that manufactures these devices, as well as some inspection companies that inspect the devices. That is where

Industry committee  Well, in terms of the accuracy of the data, we did attempt to understand where the data came from and to gain some understanding of why there was the data skew, as I explained.