Thank you very much.
When the witnesses and officials were here, we asked them a number of questions about the potential conflict that could arise between the liabilities set out in the bill and the provisions included in Canada's various civil codes.
We want to add subsection (1.1) to section 48.12 of the act to make sure that farmers or landowners will no longer be held liable for the actions of their contractors. The Civil Code of Québec already has those kinds of provisions. Not including them in the bill could give rise to a potential conflict between federal and provincial legislation.
What we're trying to do is make sure that a landowner will not be held liable for a leak unless it results from the gross or intentional fault of the landowner. That needs to be clarified because the Civil Code of Québec seems to differ from other provincial codes.