So isn't it implicit in there that the idea is working in conjunction as the statute stipulates?

And that's exactly right, so I should correct myself.

Canadians outside of Ontario will be entitled to participate if Ontario enters into an agreement with their province, which is what the Criminal Code requires.

And so Ontario has stipulated that they won't be allowed to participate in the absence of that agreement because we understand what the Criminal Code requires.

There's no uncertainty on that front.

It's express.

If Ontario wants to operate the lottery scheme in conjunction with another province, it can.

And whi-whereas this court from time to time has to engage in certain limited policy, uh, uh, questions, statutory interpretation is, so far as I'm aware, not one of them.

So isn't it implicit in there that the idea is working in conjunction as the statute stipulates?

And that's exactly right, so I should correct myself.

Canadians outside of Ontario will be entitled to participate if Ontario enters into an agreement with their province, which is what the Criminal Code requires.

And so Ontario has stipulated that they won't be allowed to participate in the absence of that agreement because we understand what the Criminal Code requires.

There's no uncertainty on that front.

It's express.

If Ontario wants to operate a lottery scheme in conjunction with another province, it can.

And whi-whereas this court from time to time has to engage in certain limited policy, uh, uh, questions, statutory interpretation is, so far as I'm aware, not one of them.

So isn't it implicit in there that the idea is working in conjunction as the statute stipulates?

And that's exactly right, so I should correct myself.

Canadians outside of Ontario will be entitled to participate if Ontario enters into an agreement with their province, which is what the criminal code requires.

And so Ontario has stipulated that they won't be allowed to participate in the absence of that agreement because we understand what the criminal code requires.

There's no uncertainty on that front.

It's expressed.

If Ontario wants to operate the lottery scheme in conjunction with another province, it can.

Yeah, but is that a policy argument, or is that a legal argument about 2071? I put it to you, it's a policy argument, and whi-whereas this court from time to time has to engage in certain limited policy, uh, uh, questions, statutory interpretation is, so far as I'm aware, not one of them.