Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you to all of the witnesses for appearing, and for your opening statement.
I noted that you have concerns about what you call mandatory responses in the bill. When I read it, the only part of the bill that mandates responses is on information sharing, as you outlined. All of the rest of the tools provided to the minister by the bill are not mandatory.
I looked through the bill. It uses the word “may”, not “shall”, for all of the new powers the minister would have under the act. Do you agree with that?