I support this amendment. In my opinion, it will add transparency to the process. After the discussions we have had today, that is really clear. It will provide a minimum of transparency at least.
I do not think that the government can boast that it is adding transparency voluntarily. It is not even meeting the treaty's basic transparency criteria. Excuse the expression I am about to use, but this is no reason for them to toot their own horn. I am sorry, but the expression has the advantage of being clear.
They seem to be telling us that it is all transparent. But actually, and I repeat this because it is so important, all exports to the United States are not included. We have no information about that. Maybe it is more than 50%, maybe it is less than 50% of our exports, but they are not included.
So, if we can add some transparency, I feel that it is an excellent idea. I have no concerns about the NGOs. The ones I am familiar with are very efficient. I would be curious to find out, but I am almost certain that they would be very happy getting regular reports, rather than one report per year, which all too often arrives late anyway.