Thank you.
This one is on page 22, clause 39, with the following words to be added after line 42:
(4.1) The Commissioner is responsible for providing information, on request, to breeders of plant varieties, dealers in seeds, growers of seeds, farmers and horticulturists to explain the application and operation of this Act and the regulations, and for seeking comments from those entities on the application and operation of the Act, including any proposed changes to the Act and the regulations.
Mr. Lemieux mentioned today that consultation is very important. Since this is a fairly big bill, touching on nine pieces of legislation and has quite a few sweeping changes, we want to reinforce that farmers' interests are being taken into consideration.
This amendment reiterates the fact that consultation is very important. Many of our witnesses said time and time again that even if they did support this bill, they wanted to be an active part of the consultation. In broad strokes that's what this amendment does, to make sure that producers are given the right to understand these laws and participate in consultations when it comes to regulations.