M. Van Loan : Je vais demander aux fonctionnaires d'Élections Canada de me dire si j'ai tort, mais selon moi, les dispositions étaient préventives au sens où, si le projet de loi C-16 était adopté sous sa forme originale ou même sous sa forme modifiée, les amendements s'appliqueraient.
Mr. Van Loan: I will look to my officials to tell me if I am wrong, but my understanding is that they were anticipatory in the sense that if Bill C-16 were adopted in the form that we had proposed, or even in the modified form, the amendments would have application to them.