Thank you.
We do not have any provisions in this bill for alternative formats, not a single one. So to say that somehow legislation in other areas is going to have an impact on this draconian legislation would quite simply be wrong.
What this committee is saying to the five million Canadians with disabilities is that it doesn't matter—the alternative format, running a softwood company. We're going to impose the kind of format that you have to follow. This is extremely unfair, Mr. Chair.
I think any reasonable Canadian would see the possibility of providing alternative format as an essential right in society. But we don't seem to be very concerned with rights, such as parliamentary privilege or the responsibility to do due diligence on this bill. There are no provisions in this act for alternative formats.
That is the decision the committee is making, and it's wrong.