Thank you, Mr. Chair.
As I had the opportunity to articulate earlier in the House, the government is supportive of the spirit of Bill S-216. I've had the opportunity to work with the senator personally and I thank, actually, all members around the table from all parties for their work to try to make sure we get this right. There is a balance between allowing greater freedom to do better work with less administration and protecting Canada's very generous tax receipting program.
My preference is for NDP-2. Amendment CPC-2 would prevent that, as the chair stated when introducing it, so that would actually have me oppose amendments CPC-2, CPC-3, Bloc-1 and Bloc-2 but support NDP-2. If we got that far, amendments Bloc-3, CPC-4 and NDP-3 are essentially the same and I would support that as well. I believe that strategy is the right way to go. I believe it has the general support of those individuals who have been involved in bringing this to the government's attention in the first place. I believe it respects the spirit of the bill, and that's the way I'll be voting. Thank you.