The amendment:
- Expands on our previous amendment on the right to repair.
Why:
- The right to repair will be difficult to provide consistently on a large national scale, especially if large firms will attempt to combat this. This leads to the two amendments. Allowing for local repair shops will both set the precedent and allow for the emergence of a repair culture broadly, in addition to expanding the structural capacity to provide said repairs once the right to repair is introduced widely. Moreover, it will provide future-proof jobs which contribute to a sustainable transition.
- The second legislation ensures that once the right-to-repair is introduced, no corporation or product manufacturer can ensure a monopoly on repairs as to extract greater profits.