Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I move NDP-23. Here we have another punitive clause, another clause that of course will be glossed over by members of this committee. Let's just ram it through, they'll say. Let's have sixty seconds' consideration. Well, in this particular case, Mr. Chair, another punitive action occurs for mom-and-pop softwood operations in northern B.C. If they fall ill or there is a sudden disability and they are not able to pay, the full weight of the draconian Bill C-24 comes on top of them--the full weight. They are required to pay right away.
The amendment offers that when there is sudden illness or disability, those would be extenuating circumstances that should allow that individual to not have the full draconian weight of this Orwellian bill fall on top of them.
We have a reverse onus in tax law, Mr. Chair. What that means is that the person is guilty until proven innocent--