Thank you, Madam Chair; and thank you to all the witnesses for being here.
I apologize to Mr. Hawley and to the Centre for Ethics in Sport. I'm not going to ask you questions, because I agree with everything you've said.
This bill has support from all corners. I suspect that it's going to be implemented. This is going to happen in the United States. It's going to happen in Canada. Therefore, the real issue is what this is going to look like when it gets rolled out.
I'm glad representatives from the NHL are here.
This is going to have an impact on ethics. I don't think game fixing is going to be a problem in the NHL, just by virtue of the salaries, but there are going to be different jurisdictions in the United States and different jurisdictions in Canada dealing with the implementation.
We have teams in four different provinces, and this is ultimately going to be a provincial responsibility. This is going to have an impact on where you can bet, when you can bet and how much you can bet. This is all going to be controlled by different groups.
My question to start with is whether the NHL is going to have one policy for all places.
For example, if the Toronto Maple Leafs want to allow betting in the rink but you're not allowed to have that elsewhere, are you going to allow it there? Are you going to supersede policies locally, or are you going to go with the flow in every jurisdiction?