Chair, if I could speak to clause 5, my proposed amendment reads:
The Minister shall ensure that all inspectors and all persons designated as inspectors are trained in the same manner and that all measurements made by inspectors and by persons designated as inspectors are conducted uniformly.
The purpose of that, Chair, is to ensure there is absolute due diligence on behalf of the government.
I've certainly looked at a number of the documents supplied to me over the past week and a half, and I want to thank my colleagues and Measurements Canada for making my Thanksgiving a very memorable one. But there seem to be a number of varied ways in which one tests gasoline, depending on temperature and the kinds of provers you're using. This amendement would ensure that the training is uniform, even if it stays as it is currently. It would also ensure that the tests are done in a uniform way, thereby ensuring, among other things, uniformity and repeatability.
It's important that we ensure that if we're going to ask for accuracy by our gas retailers, those small businesses, we should also be asking the same of those who are deemed to be inspectors.
Thank you, Chair.