We appreciate what the government is trying to do here, Mr. Chair. In layman's language, what we're trying to do here is to make sure that equivalency of effect is clarified, as opposed to equivalency of regulation--I think this is what this is trying to do--and to make sure that not only is it clarified, but that provinces, through something like equivalency of effect, cannot beg off or beg out of their obligations, which would otherwise apply to them under regulation.
I have a couple of concerns about this. I just want to hear from the officials. The first thing that jumps out is that when I see language like “will demonstrably provide”, I see judicial review written all over this. I'm not sure how this would be seen. The second concern is when we talk about the quantifiable effects of the regulation, I don't know what that means at all. I'm wondering if the officials who would be responsible for enforcing this can help us to understand.