Once again, I would like to thank our witnesses for being with us today. New witnesses always enrich our discussion of issues, and I thank you for that.
Ms. Gibson, you said since the federal government is getting into a new field under Bill C-11, it would be much more reasonable, in order to comply with the Constitution and the Charter, to limit the scope of Bill C-11 with respect to group 2, and that more items be included in the legislation, rather than in the regulations. If the opposite were done, there would no doubt be some court challenges to the bill's constitutionality.
For her part, Ms. Allain, from the agency, seemed to say that there was a consultation process and that areas of jurisdiction under the Constitution will be respected.
Just listening to you, I see a constitutional battle looming, because the two viewpoints are at odds.
I would ask you each to present your arguments again and explain the reasons for them.