We believe it's salvageable, provided amendments are made. We will be providing amendments that would aim for a regulatory approach. Then, should the government not proceed with a regulatory approach, we would be proposing amendments to the bill that would effectively address fairness factors generally speaking, some of which Mr. Hatfield spoke to: putting parameters around what “repair” means—diagnosis, maintenance and repair—blocking that in and setting out factors that would basically address what classes of products would benefit from the right to repair in a manner that is consistent with both CUSMA and the WIPO Internet Treaties, including whether there is substantial evidence to demonstrate that, in fact, circumvention is needed in order to facilitate the right to repair in a manner that does not result in infringement.
On December 5th, 2022. See this statement in context.