If there is an agreement.... When the minister was speaking, we asked how we were going to ensure that the provinces actually participate in this registry. He said, “I wrote them a letter.” I thought, and Mr. Chong, who is watching this thought, thought that's not really enough assurance to ensure the interoperability of this registry moving forward with provincial beneficial ownership registries.
Secondly, we thought a way of ensuring that provincial businesses would be subject to the same penalties for non-compliance would be this clause.