Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I do have to indicate that I'm very disappointed that the NDP, when we have the opportunity to question the witnesses, spend most of their time introducing a motion when there's a motion that's been introduced already that we'll be dealing with at the end of the committee meeting.
Having said that, I would like to focus in on Ms. Gallant's bill.
On behalf of the government, we have three amendments we are proposing. I'll just give a quick description.
First is to import the definition of “person” from the Income Tax Act; number two will be to improve the penalty structure; and third is to focus in on information sharing. Everyone has a copy.
I would like to ask Mr. McCauley two things. One is to first indicate why we felt these amendments were important to strengthen the bill. They're technical in nature. I too—if he could speak further about the form—look at the piece that has to be done by the individual. I certainly appreciate the physicians' much more complex piece, but the reality is, it is a very simple form that's done initially by the person or their support person who helps them fill the form.
First of all, could you speak to the amendments, and second, talk about the form?