Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Again, I won't read the entire amendment because we have all of it in front of us, but it moves to amend clause 5, after line 19, on page 4, by adding three points.
On those three particular points, I don't know if you've had a chance to read them. I hope everyone on the committee has.
Those three additions that we're making will basically allow the board to remove from the transcripts any discussions that would have occurred in a hearing where observers where asked to leave; where there is any personal information about a person other than the offender, the victim, or a member of the victim's family. Additionally, it clarifies that the information contained in hearing transcripts is not publicly available information, which could otherwise be obtained by any member of the public through the Access to Information Act or Privacy Act requests.
That is the purpose of the government amendment, to add those three points into this particular clause.