I would like to start, Mr. Chair, by saying that there are some elements of this bill that maybe all of us can agree on, including our witnesses. Bill S-209 proposes to extend the exemption in section 83 for amateur boxing contests to cover other amateur combative sport contests, including contests in sports such as judo, karate, tae kwon do, and kick-boxing, as well as mixed martial arts.
Le projet de loi S-209 propose assouplir l'exemption établie aux termes du paragraphe 83(2) pour les combats de boxe amateur afin d'englober les matchs de sport de combat, y compris le judo, le karaté, le tae kwon do, le kick-boxing et les arts martiaux mixtes.