I understand the desire to move closer to what the dealers were asking for, but, in my humble opinion, we are still very far away. Given that the bill seeks to bring our regime in line with the Americans' and that the dealers have specific requests, I wonder why we are hesitating to take the next step.
We don't need a bill to say that automakers can compensate dealers. The manufacturers that act in good faith and have good relationships with their dealers compensate them when the event occurs. When legislation is used to implement a measure, it isn't to regulate something that is working but, rather, to provide for something that could be a problem. What could become a problem in this case is an automaker's refusal to compensate a dealer. The Liberal amendment states that that compensation is now possible, but since it was already possible, it's pointless to make it law.
Instead, the bill should set out a minimum number of criteria requiring automakers to do it. We are a long ways off from that, though.