We now resume our meeting, which is public.
We will proceed with clause-by-clause consideration of Bill C-419.
On the orders of the day, you will see under the section “Clause-by-Clause Consideration”, the order in which we will consider this bill.
What we will do as a committee is begin with the consideration of clause 2, then proceed to clauses 3 and 4, then to the short title, then to the preamble, and then to the full title. Then we'll adopt three routine motions to report the bill back to the House. We'll begin with clause 2. The committee has the option with each of the clauses to carry it unamended, to negative the clause, in other words, to strike the clause, or to present an amendment, which we can then debate.
(On clause 2—Requirements)
I understand there are a number of amendments that are going to be proposed, so I'll give the floor to Mr. Gourde for the first amendment.