Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thanks to my colleagues for bringing in this amendment. In principle, the general scope of the amendment is very similar to something we had campaigned on in the last election on the Liberal side of the platform. In principle, the notional idea of the amendment is pretty good. There are definitely concerns around whether or not this reflects the full scope of the challenges we might have in enforcing these measures and making sure these measures are effective.
This certainly makes me believe that it would be better to have this in a separate piece of legislation than tacking it on to Bill C-8. There are several examples of this. One example that I can think of, off the top of head, is that this amendment would apply to individuals but not necessarily to entities that individuals could control. I'm sure there are others as well. I would certainly want to give more time to it and probably give more thought to a more complete and holistic approach to implementing this and making sure that it was effective.
In general, it is trying to accomplish something that I think we want to look at too.