Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Again, this is similar in the sense that it would provide accountability to the minister. The fines that we have with regard to this are up to $1 million. This, again, gives the minister some empowerment.
Currently, if we're going to go where the government wants to suggest in terms of a five-year review of the bill, by the time you actually have a new Parliament that would be interested in doing that, it would actually take several years, minimum, to actually go through the bill. You would basically have an ineffective position or program related to fines, penalties, or consequences related to the bill that we currently have right now. It would take several years, if the bill was a priority for a new government, to review it again in the current model.
There will be basically a staying of power after this bill is passed. We know that we only really looked at it twice in 40 years. You will have a continued stay of power related to that for another several years. Again, this is to add some fines and penalties to it.