Mr. Speaker, the member for Kindersley-Lloydminster made an important point in his last statement when he said we support amendments that make sense.
The difficulty with these amendments, I am sorry to say, is that in terms of the effectiveness of the legislation they do not make sense. I will speak on most of them.
On Motion No. 3, we have to understand current maximum penalties are relatively modest. The bill does not make a distinction between the first and subsequent violations for the purpose of setting a maximum penalty that could be assessed.
I am surprised to a certain extent that a reduction for a first offence is being requested, given that very often when dealing with violations of law or quasi-law the Reform Party wants to go all out and go for the jugular. In this case you are asking for-