Sure. We believe there are some amendments that can be made to this bill, Bill C-244, that would strengthen its intention. That would truly pave the way for the right to repair in Canada. Parallel changes to the Competition Act would help to reinforce the manufacturer's requirement to allow access to diagnostic and repair information, which would address some of the systemic issues around data ownership and allow our small and medium-sized businesses to truly compete.
We did see Bill C-231, which was brought forward by MP Brian Masse. I want to thank Mr. Masse for bringing this bill forward in February 2022. That bill contains a number of amendments to the Competition Act that would help to access the data. In particular, we are proposing a new section be added after section 75 of the Competition Act, proposed section75.1, “Vehicles—Access to Information and Service Parts”. I would be happy to provide members of the committee with the specific text after the presentation today.