Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I am pleased to introduce the bill to amend the Adoption of the French Version of Statutes and Statutory Instruments Act. Mr. Chairman, this bill is designed to reduce the amount of work needed to complete the French version of regulations required under the Official Languages Act which requires that they be printed and published in English and in French by March 31, 1992.
Mr. Chairman, normally a revision readopts all the laws at a specified date. The current revision of regulations will be as of December 31, 1990. However, since that date many regulations have been repealed or repealed and replaced and many more are expected to be repealed or repealed and replaced between now and March 31, 1992. This amendment would permit their exclusion from the revision regulations 1990, thereby considerably reducing the volume of work.
Finally, the reference to the court of appeal rules is no longer required. The court met in Calgary recently and the rules are now signed by all but three judges who are out of the NWT or Alberta. Arrangements have been made to obtain their signatures next week. Thank you.