À l'époque, quand je siégeais aux comités qui étaient saisis de la question, j'ai cru comprendre que les ministres concernés, et particulièrement le ministre de la Justice de l'époque, nous avaient dit qu'ils auraient très bien pu invoquer la disposition de dérogation mais ne souhaitaient pas le faire.
It was my understanding at the time as a member of the committees that did that examination that we were told by the relevant ministers, and particularly the then Minister of Justice, that of course they could have used the notwithstanding clause, but they did not want to do that.