Yes, Mr. Chairman.
The amendment here is really again for the purpose of making the legislation more effective, by clarifying the language in that regard.
The amendment effectively reads that clause 4 be amended by replacing line 39 on page 4 to line 5 on page 5 with the following:
2.1(1) For the purposes of this act, a foreign state engages in the support of terrorism if the foreign state knowingly or recklessly provides, directly or indirectly, material support to a listed entity as defined in subsection 83.01(1) of the Criminal Code, or to a terrorist group as defined in that subsection acting on behalf of, at the direction of, or in association with a listed entity.
Then the next paragraph, Mr. Chairman, seeks to define what material support is, so that we are clear what it in fact covers:
(2) In this section, “material support” means currency or monetary instruments, financial securities, financial services, lodging, training, expert advice or assistance, safe houses, false documentation or identification, communications equipment, facilities, weapons, lethal substances, explosives, personnel, transportation, and all physical assets, but does not include medicine or religious materials.
Again, Mr. Chairman, this is to both delineate and capture the nature and character of the terrorist acts so identified.