The Auditor General has looked at it. The climax came when the Speaker of the House of Commons said that it was included irregularly when Supplementary Estimates (A) were before the other place, and therefore corrections should be made.

Consequences of misusing the marks may include the termination of the Program Participant's participation in the ENERGY STAR labelling program, and, for products imported into the U.S. improperly using the marks, the possible seizure by the U.S. Customs Services of those goods.

111. Also notes that the system is still not fully implemented in Greece, as it should have been since 1993, and that the Court, also for the first time, has indicated the reason, namely that "farmers unions control the input of all data into the computer"; further notes that "these irregular changes have an estimated financial impact of at least 10 million euros, and that the impact over the whole claim period could be significantly more" (paragraph 4.8); notes that the government of Greece has refuted these claims and in November 2005 opened negotiations with the Commission in order to settle the issue; feels that the government of ...[+++]Greece should control the data input and not the farmers unions;

102. Also notes that the system is still not fully implemented in Greece, as it should have been since 1993, and that the Court, also for the first time, has indicated the reason, namely that "farmers unions control the input of all data into the computer"; further notes that "these irregular changes have an estimated financial impact of at least 10 million euros, and that the impact over the whole claim period could be significantly more" (paragraph 4.8); notes that the government of Greece has refuted these claims and since November 2005 has opened negotiations with the Commission in order to settle the issue; feels that the governm ...[+++]ent of Greece should control the data input and not the farmers unions; calls on the Commission to limit its payments to a maximum of 50% for as long as the situation does not improve;

I must add that Bill C-44 contains no provision that would allow someone to dispute the legality of any irregularly conducted seizure of goods.

Pursuant to a statement by the Speaker, the Bill was found to be improperly before the House, the Order for second reading of the Bill was discharged and the item was dropped from the Order Paper — November 4, 2011