Thank you, Chair.
I think, around this table, you'll find great support for this bill, and for this amendment as well. We don't want to get into amendments where we can open ourselves up to legal challenges, so I propose three changes. I would like to ask the officials afterwards what they think about those changes in line with the amendment.
Number one, we would like to change the period of time that's prescribed under section 15, and replace “21 days” with “45 days”. The 45 days would actually match other relevant review periods in the act itself. Number two, we would add a section to make sure that investors are notified, because it says “the non-Canadian gives notice of the investment to the Director”, but it doesn't actually say that the investor gets notified. Number three is that this only apply to SOEs where we do not have trade agreements.
That would protect us against legal challenges, as far as I can see, but I'd like to ask the officials.