Thank you, Madam Chair.
Unless the officials tell me that I am wrong, it seems to me that, before Bill C-49, the Commissioner of Competition could, on his own initiative, block an agreement. So, my impression is that, although I agreed with all the amendments proposed by my Conservative colleagues—and that is an interesting realization, I confess—basically, the fact is that the minister can still circumvent the recommendation. The commissioner would therefore no longer have the means to block an agreement that, in his opinion, would be detrimental to competition.
Just to be sure that I understand the procedure correctly—because this is the first time I have done this kind of exercise—I could support each of the Conservative measures but, in the end, vote against section 14, because, in my opinion and in our opinion, it gives unreasonable powers to the minister and takes them away from the Commissioner of Competition.
Is my reading of the procedure correct?