Mr. Chair, as we're going through at a lightning pace, I'm going to just reference the lines....
Essentially what this amendment would do, Mr. Chair, again trying to provide some support to the softwood companies instead of ramming through a bill that has a very negative impact on them, is say, “unless otherwise requested by the person and authorized by the minister”, instead of the minister deciding unilaterally that records shall be kept in Canada in English or French.
We support the general thrust of that particular clause, that records shall be kept in Canada. This is an important component. As we've seen with the U.S. Patriot Act, records that go to the United States are records that are often subject to the Patriot Act. Some records kept in Canada are as well, Mr. Chair, but of course, because we're moving at a breakneck pace, we're not going to consider that.