This implies that the minister should simply have introduced a separate bill, held hearings and amended the act in general.
There is someone here who is more knowledgeable than I am in the legal field. So please excuse my language, because I’m an economist. Generally, in life, under the current law, before Bill C-15, a person receives a notice of expropriation and, after that, is told that they are going to be expropriated. That’s how it works. I know you’re going to praise the mutual agreement, but you can spare me that, because I know that’s where we end up. At some point, the person may say that they want to be heard by a commissioner, that they are entitled to a hearing. Now, however, that part of the process is being removed from the law.
I would like to know this: If we left the law as it is, do you expect many people to exercise this right? What would your expectations be?