Thank you, Chair.
I'm moving:
That Bill C-18 be amended by adding after line 6 on page 101 the following new clause: REVIEW AND REPORT 153.1 (1) Five years after the day on which this Act is assented to, and every five years after that, the Minister must cause an independent review of the provisions and operation of this Act to be undertaken. (2) The Minister must cause a report of the review to be laid before each House of Parliament on any of the first 15 days on which that House is sitting after the report has been completed.
The intent of this amendment is to make sure that we have a chance to review this piece of legislation every five years and that parliamentarians are kept informed of the conclusions of the review, because this is a very important act. We know from testimony we heard at committee, and because we have been studying this for about a year now, we know that this is very important. A lot of this will be decided and rolled out in regulations, so that's why we think it is important to have a review in five years, simply to ensure that farmers' interests are being taken into consideration.
That's about it.