David Sweet at the Industry, Science and Technology Committee

Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Bonjour à tous. Welcome to the 57th meeting of the Standing Committee on Industry, Science, and Technology.

We'll be dealing with Bill C-501 today in clause-by-clause consideration.

We have with us Mr. Rafferty, who is the sponsor of the bill and who I understand has some amendments as well.

We'll go directly to Mr. Rafferty and we'll be dealing with clause 1.

(On clause 1)