Thank you, Mr. Chair.
The current wording of the bill requires departments to ensure that the commitments under subsections (1) to (4) of section 41 of the act, as amended by Bill C-13, are implemented by the taking of positive measures.
This amendment would express the first obligation mentioned in part VII of the act more directly. While retaining the idea that it is a matter of several positive measures and not of one, the amendment would remove the discretion provided by the current wording of the bill, which we just discussed when considering amendment CPC-26. The amendment would thus remove a department's ability to judge that a measure is not appropriate or important.
By removing the possibility of such a value judgment, the amendment would require departments to put in place positive measures to meet the commitments under subsections (1) through (4) of section 41 of the act, as amended by the bill.