Yes, Mr. Chair.
Basically, I wanted to put in this amendment to specifically address the issue of investing funds, and, of course, making the difference between knowingly and unknowingly investing funds that might be used for the manufacturing of cluster munitions.
When there was testimony in the Senate, Senator Fortin-Duplessis suggested that direct investment in the production of cluster munitions would be covered as an offence by this bill. The Library of Parliament further suggests that aiding and abetting the production of cluster munitions would cover certain forms of investment. So part of it is covered. It remains unclear, however, what the required level of intention would be for investment to be covered by the bill as it's currently written. This clause makes it clear that the threshold for an offence, in terms of funding cluster munitions, is prior knowledge that the funds will be used in the production or development of cluster munitions. It's to clarify that if you knowingly invest in a fund of some sort that will ultimately be used, then you're liable to an offence. So it's to provide that clarification.