Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I thank the witnesses for being with us today to participate in this discussion.
Mr. Boswell, from the Competition Bureau, in the letter you sent on March 1, you talked about the phenomenon of “greenwashing”, which can be translated into French as écoblanchiment. I've just checked the translation.
This is a concern for more and more consumers, as brands and products use phrases in their advertisements like “net zero” or “carbon neutral by 2030”. Sometimes it's about an entire company, not just a product, or it doesn't take into account the supply chain and different environmental impacts, which could be considered misrepresentation or misleading advertising.
In your opinion, do we need to amend section 236 of Bill C‑59 to include these environmentally related misrepresentations?