Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
I do have some concerns about this. The government really has no independent way of monitoring the situation. They do need to be able to make their own assessment to ascertain whether the charges payable really are correct, and the minister does require returns from exporters respecting exports that qualify for the Atlantic exclusion. This information will also assist in the administration and enforcement of the act. This provision is consistent with other statutes.
I very much support and appreciate that the association could do this good work, but I would like to see the association actually forward this information to the government so the government has the information. As I've said, they have no independent source for finding this, so they do need to have this information. Perhaps someone could propose a subamendment that the Maritime Lumber Bureau would forward this information to the government.