Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Mr. Bittle pointed out that I was incorrect during my last round, so I should correct the record: The NDP leader's pension will vest prior to that date. It was 25% of his caucus that I should have been referring to.
Now, in any event, when we're talking about sabotage and the sabotage-related offences, we are speaking about infrastructure and critical infrastructure. I'm going to see if I can find the exact wording of the provision that talks about essential infrastructure and the definition of that essential infrastructure. My question is whether.... For instance, under proposed subsection 52.1(2) of the Criminal Code, we're talking about “transportation infrastructure”, “information and communication technology infrastructure”, etc. There are eight enumerated grounds, and then the regulations can add other infrastructure.
Would the offence of sabotage apply only to infrastructure that has actually been completed—in other words, an existing rail line or an existing telecommunications line? What about when a private company or the government is in the process of planning or constructing that infrastructure? Would the offence of sabotage apply to that as well?