Sixty seconds, Mr. Chair, thank you very much. Sixty seconds. I appreciate the opportunity to speak for a brief sixty seconds on what is in clause 55.
Now I'm moving NDP amendment 37, which would extend the application period for those who have the ability to object to whatever assessment the minister makes. The amendment would change the assessment application period from within one year, which is punitive, when we see how these softwood companies are dealing with the immense administrative load that this act is imposing on them, and would extend it from one year to two years.
This is extremely important, Mr. Chair, because essentially what we have is a series of punitive bills, punitive assessments, all of which fall on softwood companies.