Mr. Chairman, I have a small technical question.
If you look at Bill C-33, in subsection 2(1), it says that the portion of subsection 140(1) of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act (1999) before paragraph (a) is replaced by the following: “The governor in council may, on the recommendation of the minister, make regulations for carrying out the purposes of section 139 [...]”
However, subsection 2(7) of the bill indicates that subsection 140(3) of the act is replaced by the following: “The governor in council may, on the recommendation of the minister, make regulations exempting from the application of subsection 139(1) [...]”
I would like an explanation for this, because section 139 of the existing act is the first section in question. On the one hand, it says “The governor in council may, on the recommendation of the minister, make [...], and on the other hand, it says: “The governor in council may, on the recommendation of the minister, make regulations exempting from the application of subsection 139(1) [...]”, whereas section 139 is the main section of the bill.