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OTTAWA — The federal government is preparing to revive an independent commission that would offer advice to cabinet on reforming Canadian laws.
Former Liberal attorney general Allan Rock says having a non-partisan, arm's-length resource to critically examine Canadian laws for weaknesses is a valuable asset. Rock brought it back in 1997 while serving as Liberal prime minister Jean Chrétien’s justice minister.Rock says that while he was in office, the commission was adept at identifying weaknesses in the law that the government needed to update or reform.
He pointed to recommendations that emerged from previous versions of the commission, including to create a unified family court, update the Bank Act and remove restrictions on same-sex marriage, as examples of its usefulness.
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