Hon. Marc Gold (Government Representative in the Senate): As a lawyer, Senator Patterson, which you are, and as a legislator, as we all are, is it not the case that section 35 of the Constitution Act, 1982, even if it were not in this bill, imposes an obligation upon all levels of government — including us, as parliamentarians, but also the executive branch of government — to respect all the terms of the Constitution? Is that not correct?

Senator D. Patterson: Yes.