I'd like to use a couple of minutes of my time for each clause by asking the officials to provide an explanation, in layman's terms, of each section in part 2.
Budget bills are the only government bills for which the Library of Parliament does not publish a legislative summary. Canadians who want to know what the bill does should have easy access to a non-partisan, easy to understand explanation of the bill. I think that's why it's important for us to get this information into the committee's transcript. It's unfortunate we have been under significant time constraints. We've been in a rush to get this bill through.
This would only take a few minutes. I think it's important to recognize that the technical briefing provided to parliamentarians was not open to the public and that committee transcripts are an important source of public information that simply can't be replaced by a private discussion and correspondence between MPs, the committee, and the government. I ask that we have the public servants who are with us today provide brief explanations in layman's terms for each section in part 2.