First of all, Mr. Chair, I want to thank Mr. Williams. I'm proud to say that, for once, the Conservatives have sided with government to abolish the efficiencies defence. It shows the work of this committee. I want to thank Mr. Williams, because he indeed has put forward a private member's bill that would do that.
We started consultation. I would say this particular clause is really an anomaly if you look at the OECD countries. I think we're the only country in the world to have anything close to that. I'm happy to say that collaboration like this is what we want see in legislation. We have seen other pieces of legislation that are key.
You will have seen that we have reformed the Investment Canada Act. Now we're looking, obviously, at the Competition Act. The type of work that Mr. Williams has been doing, and the fact that the Conservatives support that particular clause and, I would think, the bill, is what we want to see. I'm proud to see that the Conservatives have sided with the government on something so crucial.