I'd like to move forward with my subamendment.
I hope I have the indulgence of the committee, because it has been amended to remove the reference to the Minister of Industry. My amendment was using some of the old language.
The spirit of my amendment is to change the language. This has been sent around, so everyone has it. Too often, we've seen in previous legislation that we've put in review clauses—I think of the NSICOP Act as an example—but reviews don't take place at the statutory five-year review period, and I think it's been several years overdue.
What I'm seeking to do with this amendment is create what I think is a broad and flexible requirement that within five years of this bill coming into force, the minister responsible must complete a review of the legislation, and then within 90 days of the completion of that review—so 90 days from the maximum of five years—the minister must complete a report on that review. The subamendment then goes on to what the regular amendment was, which is that within 15 days of the completion of the report, it be tabled in the House.
I think this creates firm accountability because, as worded, it's not clear to me that the minister would ever actually have to table any report. They would undertake to do a report and a review, but there would be no actual statutory requirement for that report to ever be tabled in the House.
Thank you.