Thank you, Mr. Chair. I am sympathetic to my colleague bringing this forward. I serve on the committee where this was first discussed. Again, I won't reflect on the disposition of that outcome. My concern around this is the impact it might have on those small-scale businesses. We talk a lot about wanting certainty in statute when reviewing legislation.
Again, I am sympathetic to the idea of a large chemical plant requiring a posted security. A mandatory security on a retail outlet or something along those lines that has less impact on the land that it occupies, I think, might be a bit of an overreach. I don't have the comfort of huge certainty to that point. I think the Minister has raised that, as well.
The one thing I will say in response to the Minister saying we are not the first jurisdiction to do something: that is never a good reason to not do something. I think we should be carefully considering the merits of why we are proposing things in legislation and not just, "Well, no one else has done it, so we can't."
Although I don't buy that argument, I certainly have concerns around this motion, so I will not be supporting it at this time. Thank you.