Thank you very much, Madam Chair.
I appreciated Mr. Champoux's intervention.
I want to ask Mr. Ripley and the officials whether there is a desire, which there seems to be, among some members of the committee to insert a common sense or clear definition of what a decision is, since it is referenced in the act but is undefined. Obviously, throughout the years of an undefined term, there have been interpretations in administrative law and otherwise that have led us to the status today, which is, again, undefined for the average person, because there's no definition.
What would the status of the law be today, if you were going to compose a definition for today's status? What would it actually be?
My subsidiary question is this: If the thing you're most concerned about is the consultation issue, would amending it to say, “'Decision' means any measure of any kind taken by the commission, except with regard to consultations”, or something like that, reduce the scope in a way you see as less of an issue?
I'm just trying to understand.