Mrs. Elissa Lieff at the Public Safety and National Security Committee

On May 8th, 2012. See this statement in context.

May 8th, 2012 / 4:25 p.m.

Director General and Senior General Counsel, Family, Children and Youth Section, Department of Justice

I can't comment on what the interaction would be between federal and provincial legislation with respect to that, and I'm not an expert in the federal bankruptcy legislation as well.

My understanding of the federal bankruptcy legislation is that there is a certain amount of support debt that's recognized off the top. So you sit above the unsecured creditors and then the obligations do not die with being released from bankruptcy. The support obligations continue, but how the interplay between the legislation would work otherwise and beyond that, I can't comment.

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