Thank you.
I want to continue the conversation you started with Ms. Péclet with regard to subsection 429(2) of the code.
You pointed out that subsection 429(2) provides a defence and that the new section also provides a defence. My question is how the two fit together.
If we look at what's in the code now, 429.2 provides a defence where the accused proves that he acted with legal justification, or excuse, and with colour of right. This act amends the code to insert the words “willfully and without lawful excuse”.
My question is, do the new words that we are adding into the code broaden, limit, or simply repeat the legal defence in law that exists?