Kathleen O'Meara (Labour)

I move amendment No. 28:

In page 14, subsection (1), line 23, to delete "include" and substitute "state the following but not any other details of the contents of a mediation conference".

As the section is currently drafted, it does not expressly prohibit the chairperson of a mediation conference from informing the court as to why agreement was not reached. I would suggest that this is a vital component of a mediation process. If the details could be given to the court, the mediation process would never get off the ground. Accordingly, we wish to make clear that no details may be given to the court other than those specified in the section.