Irwin Cotler at the Justice and Human Rights Committee

On June 10th, 2013. See this statement in context.

June 10th, 2013 / 6 p.m.

Liberal

Irwin Cotler Liberal Mount Royal, QC

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

My first question is for Nathalie Des Rosiers.

First of all, if I may, I'd like to congratulate you on becoming the dean of the common law program of the faculty of law at the University of Ottawa. Welcome back here.

I'd like to put a question to you that will draw on your legal expertise.

If you were to present your students with an assignment that asked them to develop reforms to the NCR regime, but reforms that would have to be constitutionally compliant, and they came up with Bill C-54, would you regard that as being a regime that, in fact, is constitutionally compliant?

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