I think I unwillingly misled our friends by starting with the second Bloc québécois amendment, BQ-2. If the order had been followed, the measure would have been better understood. I started with the amendment to line 41, but of course I should have dealt with line 36 first.
I therefore move that Bill C-36, in Clause 4, be amended by replacing line 36 on page 2 with the following:
recoverable within six years in the Federal Court or
As I said earlier, this means that retroactivity cannot go beyond six years. When we address the other amendment, things will be consistent, and it will be clearer for our friends. Once we've reached that point, it will no longer be a technical question, but rather a political choice. The point is to see whether or not we agree.