My comments are more in the form of question, maybe to our resource people here as well.
Again, reading this over, the clause states:
The purpose of this Act is to ensure that Canada contributes fully to the stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system.
I've been around this place for a few years, but help me understand this in terms of the legal weight. This is, as we say, a purpose clause, an interpretive tool. What kind of weight does this have in respect to other issues of ambiguity or lack of clarity in the bill? Can somebody inform me or clue me in on that?
It's more than just a straight statement, because it's a grid or lens through which we look at all the other aspects or parts of the bill. Is that correct? Does this clause have weight of a different significance from the other clauses? Is it a more weighty clause?