Thank you, Chair.
I'd like to start by saying that I'm largely supportive. I'm sympathetic to the goals of this legislation, although I have some concerns about whether they can be achieved.
I'll start with my first point, and I'm not sure if this is a point for officials or for the sponsor of the bill, who might want to come up with amendments coming forward.
The first thing is that this legislation is to create a registry, but it's completely silent on where that data comes from. Is it up to the government to make the entries in the registry, to maintain the registry and to update it, or is it up to the individuals, the corporations, the partnerships or whatever? I think that's key. If nobody is responsible for it, then it's not going to happen. If it's the individual companies, corporations or partnerships, I think there needs to be some sort of incentive for doing so, or perhaps disincentives for not doing so. That is my first point.
I don't know if that's something you want to respond to or if that's relevant to you guys.