Finance committee  Mr. Chair, there are five amendments to the Weights and Measures Act. Most are proposed to remove prescriptivity in the current legislation. For example, in clause 192, the definition of “measuring machine” is amended to remove the reference to “moving or movable part”. This am

Finance committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I'm David Spicer, vice-president of regulatory modernization. With me today is Carl Cotton, vice-president of the program development directorate. We're with Measurement Canada. Measurement Canada is an agency of Innovation, Science and Economic Developmen

Finance committee  No, it isn't frequent. In fact, this authority is very much anticipatory should there be a new unit of measure. Part of the reasoning behind this is that as things are moving more quickly, new technologies are being introduced. This allows a bit more of a rapid response should a

Finance committee  Correct.