Thank you, Chair.
Do I understand correctly that BQ-1 had a line conflict, so it was not admissible?
Okay. Thank you very much.
I will move the following amendment. It's G-2 in your package.
The amendment is that Bill C-230, in clause 1, be amended by replacing line 22 on page 1 to line 7 on page 2 with the following:
poration, trust company or partnership;
(b) the amount that was remitted, forgiven, written off or waived;
(c) an indication of whether the debt, obligation or claim was remitted, forgiven, written off or waived;
(d) the fiscal year in which the debt obligation or claim was remitted, forgiven, written off or waived;
(e) the Act of Parliament or agreement, arrangement, contract or other instrument or act under which the debt, obligation or claim arose;
(f) the Act of Parliament under which the debt, obligation or claim was remitted, forgiven, written off or waived; and
(g) any other information that the President of the Treasury Board considers appropriate.
If I may, I'll just motivate this a little bit with some supporting arguments.
I think this adds more information to the proposed registry. It increases transparency. I think it reduces the risk of misinterpretation. It adds clarity.
I'm always conscious of what we disclose to the public and how they may interpret it. In this case, I think including the amount; an indication of whether the debt, obligation or claim was remitted, forgiven, written off or waived; the fiscal year in which it was written off, forgiven or waived; the act of Parliament under which the claim arose; and so on and so forth actually adds significant clarity to the information that we're opening up to the public.
For those reasons, I hope that members will support the amendment.