Thank you very much, Chair, for the invitation.
In the short time I have with you today, I'd like to focus on two issues of statutory interpretation that I think are exceptionally important to this committee's work.
The first is a reference to the CSIS Act and the definition of “public order emergency”. The second I may not get to, I admit. It's the “any other law of Canada” criterion in the definition of “national emergency”.
Before getting into the specifics, I think it's important to set the stage with the modern principle of statutory interpretation and a few core rules.
The leading and well-established Supreme Court precedent on statutory interpretation comes from Rizzo—