Thank you, Mr. Chair.
The attempt here is to come to some sort of consensus, or at least as close to a consensus as we can get, understanding that the goal of this amendment is to deal with one of the challenges we've heard from the ports and from port users, which is that there are these long delays in appointing board members. I think the key here is to ensure that the consultation process that leads to board appointments remains intact even when, under this amendment, the boards would be appointing their own directors. There are different ideas around how to do this.
Ms. Murray was just pointing out to me that the government, in addition to the consultations that are required by the legislation, conducts additional screens on the consultation process to ensure that the boards of port authorities are becoming more diverse and that we're reflecting the makeup of our country. I think it's important to consider as well, in addition to the specific consultations with labour groups or with port users, that there's another layer.
If there's a way to build that into the subamendment, I think that would be worthwhile. I understand there's some desire to let this one sit with the legislative counsel for a bit and move on to the next amendment, and I'd be happy to do that.