Thank you, Mr. Chair.
We continue with the topic of disputes. This amendment deals with dispute resolution and experts who can make decisions on disputes.
Witnesses mentioned that they would like to be sure that experts can deal with a number of disputes involving the same parties and issues and bring them together into a single decision.
Witnesses noted that it is possible that several dispute resolutions may address similar or identical issues. In their view, the proposed legislation should recognize this and give experts the right to bring disputes together in order to make a single decision on all the issues raised in the disputes.
The amendment seeks to ensure that this is included in the text of the proposed legislation. Once again, this gives experts confidence that they will be able to do so. Some people will say that, in practice, it will be possible for experts to bring disputes together, but it is always better to write it into the legislation.