I appreciate your confidence, Mr. Chair.
It is certainly the regular practice of the department to review legislation, as well as any other matter on which the government wishes to receive advice, as to constitutionality or compliance with the charter.
In terms of a specific written opinion on this bill, when we get to clause-by-clause, the department will happily assist the committee in explaining the legal underpinnings of every clause in the bill. But as to providing some kind of overarching legal opinion to the committee, it's certainly the longstanding tradition that, generally speaking, legal advice to the government is not shared with committees. But we'll be happy to explain, from a technical perspective, the legal underpinnings of the clauses as we go through the clause-by-clause exercise.