Mr. Speaker, I wanted to point out that in the statement of the hon. member she did point out that right now the criminal law is composed of the Criminal Code and the common law. All that is sought to be done by this amendment is to simply codify the existing common law-it is not changing the law-so the judges and lawyers will all be aware of exactly what the law is in a very succinct form so that-
In the House of Commons on June 15th, 1995. See this statement in context.