Yes, the amended.... Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I appreciate the sentiment around the table of wanting to get this enacted as quickly as we possibly can. I think there's an urgency that we all recognize, but I think the concern here—and it's one that was expressed by the officials—is the danger or the risk here that, in essence, we will have a half-baked policy or a half-baked process in place. To me, that represents a significant danger. That represents a risk. That is a significant risk when you consider how delicate and how sensitive the issue is that we're discussing here—private information, cases that are being brought forward, concerns and disclosures.
We want to make sure that if we're going to do this, it's done correctly. What I just wanted to humbly flag for the committee members here is that what we agreed to with the amended clause is again the danger there, because it's being rushed. Again, we heard from the officials that it will be implemented without having all of the i's dotted and the t's crossed. That could have significant repercussions for the people we are trying to protect.
I wanted to flag that risk, because I think it is altogether real. Again, there is the need to balance the urgency of wanting to get this legislation into practice with, at the same time, being careful to make sure that all the t's are crossed and all the i's are dotted so that we actually do the thing we want to do, which is to protect the people who have the courage to step forward.
Again, I don't want to belabour the point here, but I really just wanted to raise that as a genuine concern. I'm not sure, in listening to what the officials said, that we in fact, with this amended clause, have actually struck that balance correctly.