Industry committee  No, there is no overlap. The certified inspectors do their work every two years, it is mandatory.

Industry committee  Yes they are, whereas Measurement Canada does an additional random check to ensure the pumps are well calibrated. It is not really duplication.

Industry committee  It is not really a burden.

Industry committee  If our retailers were subject both to Bill C-14 and to Quebec legislation the same devices would be inspected twice. That does not work.

Industry committee  All members know that it is important to avoid having retailers subject to two sets of concurrent regulations. That is obvious. I think everyone would admit that. The legislation must provide that there would not be duplication.

Industry committee  You're welcome.

Industry committee  By the Government of Quebec.

Industry committee  No, that should not happen, as they would be doing exactly the same thing.

Industry committee  That makes no sense.

Industry committee  That is correct. And when you refer to fines, things are much simpler in Quebec. Someone who breaks the law loses his licence and must shut down. It's even simpler.

Industry committee  We said earlier that according to our experience, when there are small differences, they can be to the consumer's advantage as well as to his disadvantage.

Industry committee  We are not about to go over all the explanations that we just heard. We think that the data from Measurement Canada has not been gathered through a scientific and random inspection method. However, if that were the case, I think that we would notice that some calibration setting

Industry committee  In my opinion, if it is proven that a retailer has broken the inspector's seal, that he has tampered with his pump—and not everyone knows how to do that—to steal from consumers, then his licence should be revoked. This kind of behaviour is really unacceptable.

Industry committee  Sir, I would simply like to remind you that should this bill be adopted, we would not want Quebec to be subject to double inspections, given that Quebec is already enforcing a system that is almost exactly like this one.

Industry committee  That's what you understand from this but we haven't seen any documents on that. That's simply an opinion.