Thank you, Mr. Chairman. There is an issue that I would like to bring to the attention of this committee. They relate to the motion that extended the ground of family affiliation to apply to all the sections under the act.

The issue is similar to the one I raise under clause 7 on employment and family affiliation. By including family affiliation so that it applies to the areas protected under sub-clause 11(1) it is possible that the ground might be interpreted to prevent a person who owns a business from providing a preference to his or her family members when, for example, providing goods or services.

I think that under this clause the main purpose would be to ensure in general that a person is not denied services because of his or her family connections. This still leaves room for someone who owns a business to decide that he or she will provide a preference to family members.

For this reason, I would make a motion to add a clause so that the ground of family affiliation would not prevent an owner of a business from giving preference to his or her family in providing goods, services, accommodations or facilities.