Finance committee  I'll try to answer that in terms of legal authority. It's a news release from the government, as my colleagues have said. It was a government decision to issue a news release. However, a change to the law requires Parliament's approval, and that's why in fact both news releases s

Finance committee  The government has said in its news release what its intentions are. Those intentions are to introduce proposals, proposed legislative amendments, which can't become law until Parliament decides.

Finance committee  From the point of view of whether or not there were consultations with Justice, that is a matter of solicitor-client privilege. It's not something we're at liberty to talk about. We can talk about the press releases that are in front of everybody. We can answer questions on those

Finance committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I would go back to the question of whether it's a hypothetical question or a general question about what type of legislation the government can introduce. It is possible, and I think I heard the law clerk say it this morning, for legislation to be introduc

Finance committee  Mr. Chair, I think you've expressed it very well in terms of what we are or are not at liberty to say. I agree with Mr. McGowan that we want to say everything we possibly can to be helpful—that's what we're here for—but we're not at liberty to talk specifically about questions of