Yes, good morning.
The wording that is found in this bill is unique relative to others. That said, there are examples. I think of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, which speaks to the role of international human rights instruments in interpreting that law, so there are some examples. The way the government reads paragraph 4(a) is really a reflection of the state of the law as the courts have told us it exists, which is that declarations such as the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples can be used to inform the interpretation of legislation and of the Constitution, and therefore have application in Canadian law.