Madam Chair, this is a deletion with the purpose of dealing with what some witnesses pointed out was sort of odd, that some disclosure of documents is mandatory, and then there's a different category of “optional”. By deleting lines 8 to 19 on page 34, the effect would be to ensure that the disclosure is mandatory. I'll just quote briefly from West Coast Environmental Law's brief:
The rationale for making publication of some records mandatory, s. 42.3(1), and some records optional, s. 42.3(2), is unclear, and the public interest would best be served by mandatory disclosure of all records relevant to the administration and enforcement of the Act and impacts of works, undertakings and activities on fish and fish habitat.
At that point they went on to recommend the deletions that are found in PV-13.
Thank you.