Could I speak to this for a moment, Mr. Chair?
A number of witnesses appeared before us, particularly from the shippers. They indicated their desire for more detail in the legislation to describe some of the parameters around what the service obligations would cover. That's what this amendment is attempting to do. The distinction between this proposal from my colleague Mr. Coderre and a proposal later on from the NDP is the location in the legislation where it would be more appropriate to consider this amendment.
In our view, it fits better in clause 8 than in clause 11, which is the other proposal from the NDP. The positioning of this has indeed been discussed with a number of the witnesses, and the consensus was that it would be better to provide this detail in the context of clause 8. Accordingly, I would move this on behalf of Mr. Coderre.