Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Thank you, Mr. Bigras, for being here to present your definition of all that.
It was said that we did not have to discuss the substance of the bill, but we have no choice because it is the substance that will indicate whether or not it is constitutional, at least in part. Here's that the bill states, in clause 4:
Not later than six months after the coming into force of this Act, the Government of Canada shall inform foreign governments that a province is able to negotiate and enter into a treaty that: (a) is in an area within the exclusive legislative authority of the legislatures of the provinces;...
That could be education, for example. New Brunswick negotiates agreements with Africa. All kinds of agreements are entered into, and that didn't start just recently. Your bill states that the federal government is responsible for informing countries that there will be negotiations in areas of provincial jurisdiction.