I move that Bill C‑34 be amended by adding after line 26 on page 6 the following new clause:
9.1 Section 23.1 of the Act is replaced by the following:
23.1 The Minister shall provide reasons for any decision made under subsection 21(1), 22(2) or 23(3) explaining the factors taken into account by the Minister to conclude that he or she is satisfied or is not satisfied that the investment is likely to be of net benefit to Canada, and shall publish in the Canada Gazette the investment implemented or proposed by a non-Canadian.
Mr. Chair, I don't know whether this amendment will suffer the same fate as the other two that we just considered—that is, whether you will have to make a decision regarding them—but we would like this one to be made to the Investment Canada Act.
Once again, I think that, since a number of our parties, including the New Democratic Party, want to do it, I imagine it's because there's a valid reason for doing it. It would be interesting to see later on how this element could be included differently in the act if, considering the decisions you've just made, this amendment isn't suitable. Perhaps there'd be a way to do that differently.