Thank you, Madam Chair.
I am going to say a few words about this amendment, the essence of which is similar to the spirit of another amendment which comes up later and concerns changes to the penalties.
According to the official wording on page 13 of the bill, the imposition of penalties is not punitive. That may be so, but a penalty remains the penalty. If the purpose of the penalty is not normally punitive, at the very least, it aims to deter. Consequently, the provision in question should deter companies from doing something that is not desirable. That would be the objective of the penalties we propose in amendment NDP-15, which we will submit later.
The purpose of this amendment is to change this somewhat easygoing approach. I understand the purpose of stating that the proposed provision is not intended to be a punishment, but it should nevertheless have some teeth, and its clauses should be a disincentive. That is why we are proposing this new wording.