I don't think so, other than to say that, as I mentioned in my opening remarks, the criminal jurisdiction is exclusively federal. As my colleague mentioned, there is litigation that's currently suspended in relation to Quebec's law. That's still ongoing. It will be revived either at the time of the expiry of the Supreme Court suspension, which was just extended for four months, as this committee may know, or upon the coming into force of new federal legislation.
That litigation raises the question about whether certain parts of Quebec's law conflict with federal criminal law. Of course, we can understand why the litigation is delayed, because at present that federal criminal law is not there. But if the federal Parliament were to amend the Criminal Code in order to do something narrower, for instance, than what is available under Quebec's legislation, then that could give rise to these constitutional questions. We will really only know the answers to those questions once Parliament has completed its job, and, if there is subsequent litigation, once that litigation has been completed.
In terms of there being jurisdictional difficulties, I'm not certain that's a helpful way for you to proceed. It may be more helpful for the committee really to stay focused on what it thinks the right solutions are for Canada through the lens of the criminal law. Any inconsistencies will have to be dealt with at that time.
I'm afraid that's the best way I can answer that question.