Certainly.
As I mentioned in my opening statement, there are a few things concerning where we feel that the authorities are a bit broad specifically around disclosing confidential business information, which the minister has broad authority to do, and for which there don't seem to be a lot of restrictions. “Restrictions” is not the right word, but there's not a lot of structure around it. We feel that there's language in the consumer product safety legislation that puts restrictions or parameters around the minister's being able to disclose, but in such a way that the various parties are given notice and are able to discuss. That's one key area.
We feel that within the legislation there's the power for inspectors to look at computers within a particular establishment, yet there are no parameters around what they would be looking for. We're suggesting that they be given this authority, but for the purposes of inspection, rather than just leaving it a broad authority.
There are provisions within the legislation that the inspector may bring someone to accompany them on an inspection. We'd like to limit that to being for inspection purposes. Anecdotally we've heard from members that there have been cases in which inspectors have brought along family members. I guess they're proud of the job they're doing and want mom or dad to see how things work.
Those are minor amendments that we're suggesting, but we believe they bring the right amount of authority to the minister while creating the proper constraints around the exercise of the authority.