A number of Departments were consulted since the Bill was debated in this House. As a result of these discussions, the Office of the Chief Parliamentary Counsel drafted the revised text of section 9. I wish to outline for the benefit of the House the intent of the new text. Section 9(1) provides that, subject to subsection 9(4), where a fixed-term employee completes or has completed three years' continuous service with his or her employer or associated employer, that fixed-term contract may only be renewed once more by the employer, for a period of no longer than one year. When this Bill has been passed, existing employees on fixed-term contracts who complete or have completed three years' continuous service may have their contracts renewed only once more by their employer, for no longer than one year, following which the next renewal shall be deemed to be a contract of indefinite duration, in other words, a permanent contract.