I'm sorry; I should have intervened earlier. May I ask a question of the witnesses?
Could I ask the witnesses to turn to page 3 of the brief submitted by Sheridan Scott in the English version—I'm not sure what page it would be in French—under the title “Need for Guidelines”. If you follow me and could bear with me, turn to the bottom paragraph, which commences with “In the bureau's view”. The sentence goes on to read:
In the Bureau's view, it will be necessary to identify in guidelines clear and transparent public interest criteria that the government wishes to safeguard and which will be used to evaluate specific transactions.
Could you help me to understand how the government's new amendment would address that concern put forward by Sheridan Scott?
I'm drawing a distinction here, as does Sheridan Scott, between, Mr. Chair, “guidelines” and “criteria”, which is why the amendment I put forward speaks to criteria—publicly disclosed, transparent criteria.