Justice committee  First, I want to assure all members of the committee that regarding federal legislation, equal importance is afforded both the English version and the French version. As the member of the committee pointed out, bills are drafted simultaneously by anglophone and francophone law ed

Justice committee  We have taken note of your comment, Mr. Chair.

Justice committee  Good afternoon. The French legislative style tends to use more demonstratives because the principle of reading the article from beginning to end is applied. When the same generic term and a demonstrative are used, there is no possible confusion, and it is clear that we are talki

Justice committee  With respect to this section, as it reads from beginning to end, it must be clear that the certificate of surrender referred to above is the one just mentioned in the preceding subparagraph.

Justice committee  Yes. We stand by the answer that was provided by the representative of the Minister of Transport.

Justice committee  Yes. We will defer to the statements of the Department of Transport representative.

Justice committee  Yes.

Justice committee  It does.

Justice committee  This is another issue that was raised by the Standing Joint Committee for the Scrutiny of Regulations. Indeed, the French-language version seems to be adding a subjective element that does not appear in the English-language version. When we made this proposal, we were told that

Justice committee  Regarding the legislative impact, you will understand that we would feel more comfortable if we consulted our colleagues in the department that sponsored the proposal.

Justice committee  If not, then—

Justice committee  We should also check on how the other provisions of the act have been drafted, to see whether this subjective element exists elsewhere

Justice committee  There is some ambiguity in the existing provision that we are trying to clarify. I will reread it: Le ministre peut ordonner le versement, au survivant d’un membre décédé des forces, de la pension à laquelle il aurait droit au titre des paragraphes...mais qui fait l’objet d’une

Justice committee  The purpose of that amendment is to clearly identify the intended subjects here.

Justice committee  Once again—and I believe you raised this yourself—we were told that the English version was the correct one. As for the effects on the rest of the act, I would ask you once again to be patient. This is a new question that we will ask our colleagues at National Defence so that we