If I could, I want to deal with the question of the administrative monetary penalties. I think Ms. Morin brought this up. As I was looking at clause 20 here, in terms of the issues, there was some talk of someone not being able to afford a million dollars or $10 million, but when I read subclause 20(3), “The following factors must be taken into account when determining the amount of a penalty”, it seems eminently reasonable to me that the things we take into account are: “(a) the purpose of the penalty; (b) the nature and scope of the violation;” (c) and (d) “the person's history”; “(e) any financial benefit that the person obtained from the commission of the violation”--that seems to make sense; “(f) the person's ability to pay the penalty”--that makes some sense; (g) whether they “voluntarily paid compensation to a person affected by the violation;” or “any other factor”.
So it seems as though we're kind of covered there. I don't think there'd be a concern that someone, the first time they committed an offence, would wind up getting a bill for a million dollars, or a company for $10 million.
Maybe comment on that. Do those clauses there seem like a reasonable approach to this?