Human Resources committee  What I can say is that the French version is to be found elsewhere. The English one I've not seen. What we see is “aboriginal organizations”—that's what I've seen—or “aboriginal peoples”, but I haven't found that exact English version anywhere.

Human Resources committee  When I read it, it seems to be saying the same thing.

Human Resources committee  But it's drafted differently. I'm not an expert there, but when you look at the two languages, it may be spelled differently. You have words you don't find in one version, but the message is the same.

Human Resources committee  First of all, you all know me. I'll refer you to the opening statement that my colleague Mark McCombs made two weeks ago. I cannot advise you. That being said, I can assist. The limit of my assistance today would be that I would bring you to clause 3, and if the amendment were

Human Resources committee  The only act I know where there's a specific reference to Quebec is not this kind of legislation but the harmonization act, the Federal Law—Civil Law Harmonization Act, No. 1. The purpose of that bill was to recognize the duality of the legal system in Canada, civil law versus co

Human Resources committee  In this bill, only Quebec is exempted, from what we can read.

Human Resources committee  That's the way we read the act.

Human Resources committee  I think the officials from HRSDC would be in a better position to answer this.

Human Resources committee  We were not involved.

Human Resources committee  Not at all. It was just an example that came like that. I didn't imply anything.

Human Resources committee  That is, indeed, our interpretation of the bill. With regard to your first question concerning the requirement to report, I do not know about what, if Quebec asks to be exempted, it would report on.

Human Resources committee  This is due to the conventions that apply in the drafting of bills. At the Department of Justice, we standardize our practices, our terminology. However, this is a private member's bill which has not necessarily been drawn up in accordance with the conventions of the Department o

Human Resources committee  Generally speaking, looking to case law, I have sometimes seen the term “peut“, and sometimes the term “doit“. And, as a rule, we would not even say “doit“, but rather “le ministre paie la province“. In my experience, we would usually see the expression “peut payer“. One rarely s

Human Resources committee  To respond to your specific question, I haven't seen anything, by reading the act, that directly addresses your concern.

Human Resources committee  It would treat them the same way as it would treat the provinces, because the act addresses all on the same footing, from what I can read.