Thank you.
Broadly, the amendments speak to granting of an approval as in “the minister shall”—the replacement of “may” with “shall”. I don't necessarily agree with that and will be voting against those amendments. Part of it is that I think ministers need a certain level of ministerial discretion or decision-making, and I'm concerned about politicization of the process in any case.
I support the amendments that propose adding to consideration or the criteria “the stability of the Canadian economy”, “the best interests of the Canadian economy”, and “any written report of the Superintendent”. I think this formula affords the minister greater latitude to consider these decisions, and in fact I would think any minister would or ought to consider those in any case. I don't see why the government would be opposed to enshrining them.