Thanks, Madam Chair.
Thank you, MP May, for bringing forward this legislation. I'm happy we're discussing it here.
It's great that you're doing this, because a lot of middle-class Canadians and people can't necessarily afford to replace things or to go back to the company to get it fixed at the expensive rates that might be. I hope it gets full support going forward.
I do have questions, though.
I know that some companies purposely create these barriers and make it so that certain technologies get outdated. For example, with cellphones, iPhones, every couple of years they change the technology and the software so that you can no longer use the same charger, or when you update your phone it slows down and is eventually phased out.
Do you think this is going to have an impact on how companies, moving forward, will continue to do this, or will they try to make it even more difficult for people to be able to repair things on their own?