You have not. But we will come back to this issue later on.
I will now move NDP-16, which reads as follows:
The Minister shall register any person applying for registration who meets the prescribed requirements and shall notify the person
What we have is an extremely punitive bill, unparalleled--like this committee--irresponsible beyond belief, making decisions that are punishing the softwood industry right across the country. We need to take a look at the amendments that are present and try to soften what is an egregiously draconian, meanspirited, dictatorial bill.