Mr. Ed Schmidt, Legislative Counsel, Legislation Section, Department of Justice: The criteria do not expressly forbid an amendment that has some substance to it; but if it has a substantive element, it should be something that appears to be non-controversial, something that would be acceptable to all parties.
M. Ed Schmidt, avocat législatif, Section de la législation, ministère de la Justice: Les critères n'interdisent pas expressément de modifier le fond; toutefois, dans pareil cas, il faudrait que la modification semble non controversable, qu'elle soit acceptable à tous les partis.