Thanks.
Mr. Fillmore, that was a good summary of where we are. I think some of the members have a few questions that maybe could go to the officials, but you're right that our main concern is around new proposed paragraph 41.12(1)(b). We have some questions about some of the others, but the main one is around paragraph (b) and the feeling that two things are sort of lost, perhaps, if I have it right, in the amendment.
One is that the bill itself was very specific in choosing the term “manufactures”. It was for a reason. To my understanding, “manufactures” has a very specific meaning and definition in terms of a group or an activity under law. The loss of that to a more general term in new proposed paragraph 41.12(1)(b) is a question.
I guess the second part is the term “lawfully obtained”. That can cause a bit of a challenge in some of the circumstances when somebody is assembling something. It's a question of.... I assume that “lawfully obtained” means the licence, basically, or who owns the licence. The original manufacturer of a small piece and, say, the end buyer at retail ultimately own some element of a licence, but there can be an assembly manufacturer in the middle who doesn't actually own the licence in that process and needs to be able to make the pieces talk together, if I've captured it right.
I wonder if you could answer those two questions, dealing first with new proposed paragraph 41.12(1)(b).