As I see it, the friendly amendment would amount to voting against NDP‑13 in order to keep what the Senate had proposed.
An expert from the Canadian Environmental Law Association was supportive of the wording in Bill S‑5, as were other experts.
The committee was in favour of that very wording in its 2017 report. What's more, it was something the committee explicitly recommended in its 1995 report, following the first review of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act.
That means that, in 1995 and in 2017, the committee was in favour of making pollution prevention mandatory, but today in 2022, the committee would make it optional by voting for NDP‑13.
Do I understand that correctly? If so, I will be voting against NDP‑13.