Yes. The motion is:
That the Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology conduct a review of Canadian Standards Association (CSA) as a regulatory entity mandated with the drafting of a variety of safety and engineering legislation in Canada, in addition to the entity's behaviour within the market as private company; and that the Committee reports its findings to the House.
Why am I asking for that kind of study?
We all know that CSA is a regulator and also that CSA is working as a private entity. I received some feedback from people across the country who are saying that the CSA acts in the market as a monopoly. They are charging fees for some of the regulations they are asking other industries to implement.
They're in charge of the regulations for elevators, things like that, very detailed regulations. The private sector has to follow that, but we don't, as a government, vote for that. It's a private entity, but it has been in force in the private sector, so I think that we have other corporations that are questioning the board of the CSA. We must have and they don't have people outside this—such as Industry Canada—on the board of CSA and other private people. It's the same people for a couple of years now.
I want to ask a lot of questions about their transparency, about the board, the way they operate, the way they approve the new regulations, and the consultations that they're doing with their new regulations.
That can be interesting for the committee to have a look at.