Thank you, Mr. Chair, and apologies for being a bit late to the meeting. I had to do a panel show.
Ms. Quaid, with regard to the statement that AMPs here are not similar to those in the United States and Europe, what was the reasoning behind that? AMPs won't be set at the maximum and be automatic. Those go up to what they can go to, so what's the detraction for us having some consistency there, especially when we have quite a bit of integration on products and manufacturing with the United States and other types of standards?
When it comes to consumers and consumer protection, we're particularly poor. I'll give the auto example, just as a background. We aren't afforded the same protections as U.S. consumers. If you look at the Toyota Prius example, emissions from Volkswagens and all kinds of different things, Americans enjoy way greater consumer protection, yet companies treat Canada as a colony.
Why not at least have in our back pocket AMPs that are significant in case we need to protect consumers?