The law, he says, but it is not the law in general we are amending, but rather Part VII of the Official Languages Act. The colleague sitting behind him knows that act personally, and could explain it to him. What we are trying to change is not the executory part, but the part described as declaratory, which we want to make executory. It is already the case for the rest of the act.
In the House of Commons on February 17th, 2005. See this statement in context.