We heard testimony from the Canadian Civil Liberties folks when they were here about adding a preamble that is similar to other legislation we have. While all of us recognize that all of our laws are governed by the safeguards provided and the rights and freedoms that we have as Canadians in the charter, adding this as a preamble just reinforces that fact. We would suggest adding a preamble that is present in other bills to just emphasize the fact that everything will be carried out with the rule of law and consistent with the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
On October 26th, 2017. See this statement in context.