Thank you, Mr. Cannings.
Before we go to Mr. Dalton and the next round, I'm going to use my privilege as chair to ask a question.
Ms. Bélanger, it refers to the letter you sent to the committee on December 14 regarding the cooling-off period and the legal opinion that you sought. In it, you said that the charter gives a “low threshold for infringement of the freedom of expression set by the Courts” and that the new cooling-off period would “likely be justified under section 1 of the Charter”.
Is there anything in previous court rulings or any other jurisprudence that would affirm what that charter infringement would be?
In other words, you sought this legal opinion and they said it would be justified under this part, but not under this part. Are there any rulings that the expert legal opinion could refer to?