Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you very much. I'll address deleting (c) first. That would eliminate concerns about the question of “certain projects”. Again, I would probably want to double-check with my colleagues over at the Department of National Defence, in case there are any concerns on their end about their ability to work with companies that produce cluster munitions.

Foreign Affairs committee  I apologize. That's totally fair. I'm probably a bit lost on which ones are being moved and that sort of thing. I apologize. I just want to—

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you. Again, as I mentioned before, we viewed the section on aiding and abetting in the PCMA as covering the investments. Because I'm not a lawyer, it's difficult to comment on the addition of this text proposed by CPC-4.3 and whether that would have a conflict with the aiding and abetting part.

Foreign Affairs committee  To the best of my knowledge, we don't know of any prosecutions that have gone forward under the PCMA. I defer, of course, to the RCMP and others who are responsible for that, but we're not aware of any.

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you very much. From my understanding, based on advice we've received from our lawyers, the original text of the PCMA in the aiding and abetting clause was perceived to encompass investments. Our interpretation of the current law is that it does currently cover.... It's a prohibition against investments.

Foreign Affairs committee  To the best of my knowledge, there's no percentage listed in the act. It's a prohibition on all investments.

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you very much. Mr. Chair, for the specific difference between five per cent and two per cent, unfortunately I'm not a financial expert by any means and I'm not a mutual fund person who understands investments either, so I don't know that I can speak about the intent of moving 5% to 2% or the material difference with enforcing that.