Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the member for Joliette's comments.
I think my opinion is consistent with the notice and factum that the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada submitted. We need to know what constitutes reasonable limits for the notwithstanding clause.
The notwithstanding clause is in the charter. It is in the Constitution. I think the appropriate question is, what are the appropriate limits of this? Let us take the understanding of the charter and the Constitution as a living tree.
I do not know how translatable this is, but, if we imagine the Constitution as a living tree, I think daily use of the notwithstanding clause in a way that could jeopardize the collective rights people fought for—