Absolutely.
We've spoken, Chair, about a few things in the legislation for the foreign influence transparency registry that would require the bringing into force of regulation.
For example, individuals who are required to register will have to supply the commissioner with a certain type of information. That will be designated by regulation and could include things like, very obviously, name, address and things like that, but also the nature of the agreement and who the agreement is with.
It would also establish via regulation what kind of information the commissioner would be obligated to publish online in a registry to basically render the transparency effective. It would also determine the amount in monetary penalties a commissioner can impose once they have issued a notice of violation.
Those are some of the key examples of things that would be brought in via the regulatory framework. It would also specify the parameters for sharing information with other agencies.
You will have noticed there are very few exemptions in the bill that would apply if the bill is adopted. The regulations allow the Governor in Council to bring in more exemptions, although the bill is designed in such a way that there are very few exemptions, because we wanted the bill to create the minimum number of gaps or ways of escaping registration.
Some of those examples are what would be required in terms of a regulatory framework to implement the legislation.