Not to ridicule our legislators, but if you read the bill carefully, it says “Her Majesty”, which is great. On the previous one, they have “Her Excellency the Governor General”. I think they meant to say “His Excellency the Governor General”. There are areas in that regard—minor ones.
I've done collective bargaining for an awfully long time, and I know the difference between “may” and “shall.”
If you look at page two, on the development of a plan, subclause 4.(3) says: “In developing a career transition plan, the Minister shall have regard to any prescribed principles.” So the word “shall” is in there once. I'm not asking for the word “may“ to be removed from the actual expenditure parts, which is past subclause 7.(1). I'm just asking for the word “may” to be removed and replaced by “shall” in subclauses 3.(1), 3.(2), 4.(2), and the proposed change to the portion of section 12 of the act before paragraph (a). I'm not asking for the word “may” to be removed on any others. For example, proposed subsection 38.(3) says “may, on application, increase the permanent impairment”.
That's a direct ability to pay additional amounts, and I would leave the word “may” in there to allow the minister's discretion. On the other one, which we have checked, the word “shall” can be implemented with no major problems to the government or the department.