The majority opinion of the human rights committee went on to state that Canada had not violated Article 6 but, in fact, had violated Article 7 of the covenant which states:
Dans son opinion majoritaire, le Comité des droits de l'homme ajoute que le Canada n'a pas violé l'article 6, mais qu'en fait, il a enfreint l'article 7 du pacte, qui est ainsi libellé: