Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Minister, thank you very much for being here. Thank you for your clear and unambiguous answers.
My questions will be about the clause 92(1) proposed in the bill and will follow up on one of the questions asked by my colleague Matthew Dubé. The proposed clause 92(1) says the following: “In relation to any person ... the Agency may collect, from a prescribed source” the information we are talking about. In English, the word “may” is used. We know that, in law, there's a huge difference between “may” and “shall”.
or, in English, “shall” or “may”.
I would really like to know what the reasoning behind that is. Why is it discretionary? Why is the agency given the option to collect information on a discretionary basis?