Justice committee  I'd like to clarify something. It's not so much an error in the Criminal Code as it is an update as a result of the reconstitution of the courts or a change in the provinces' names. That's mostly what it is.

Justice committee  We will check the source. My first instinct would be to say that it came from the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development. However, we will check that. We are about to provide the Senate committee with a fairly complete answer to this question. In the meantime, I ca

Justice committee  It was from 1995.

Justice committee  I have seen this term in legislation. I would like to check the definitions at the beginning of the Canada Shipping Act, 2001. I will take note of your question because it is an interesting terminology question. I would also like to consult our jurilinguists who work with us and

Justice committee  We are consulting our jurilinguists right now and we could perhaps give you an answer shortly.

Justice committee  Please do.

Justice committee  It is the amending act.

Justice committee  I would like to add something. My colleague pointed out that we consulted the legislative services unit of the department concerned. We will check that again.

Justice committee  You have a great deal of insight. That was another question posed by the Senate committee.

Justice committee  We are currently consulting Transport Canada in order to obtain an even more precise answer. I would ask you to bear with us in that regard.

Justice committee  That was one of the questions raised by the Senate committee and we have an answer. We were not informed that there had been a problem with enforcement of the law because of it. You can rest assured on that point. However, it really is about being precise when expressing the rul

Justice committee  Yes. Since the question was asked by the Senate—we are actually preparing a response—we have already carried out an initial consultation with our colleagues at the department concerned and we were assured that there had not been any problems. We will check with them again and, a

Justice committee  Oh, yes.

Justice committee  Before that we would, of course, proceed to the examination to see if it meets the criteria.

Justice committee  And then, yes, whatever we would write, we would submit to them and ask for their sign-off on this.