Translation of "Loi du lieu de célébration " (French → English) :

In its analysis of the compatibility of the law on foreign-funded NGOs with applicable Council of Europe standards, the Venice Commission is concerned that "the Law will cause a disproportionate and unnecessary interference with the freedoms of association and expression, the right to privacy, and the prohibition of discrimination".

Mr. John Bryden (Wentworth—Burlington, Lib.): Madam Speaker, I had no plan of speaking to this particular bill as I came to the House this afternoon, but I have witnessed the way members opposite have taken what should have been a debate in celebration of one of the most significant pieces of legislation to come before the House in this century instead of celebrating that legislation by an informed debate. What they have done is that they have diverted the discussion to cheap and partisan political opportunism.

Consequently, in the case where the employee carries out hisactivities in more than one Contracting State, the Convention must be construed as guaranteeing the applicability of the first criterion referring to the law of the State in which the employee, in the performance of the contract, performs the greater part of his obligations towards his employer and thus to the law of the place in which or from which the employee actually carries out his working activities and, in the absence of such a centre of activities, to the law of the place where the employee carries out the greater part of his activities.

Instead, there is real reason to celebrate, to celebrate love, right relationships, commitment, the pursuit of justice, responsibility, and the building of relationships, families and communities, and to celebrate equality.

Rather than celebrating in our country only wars of the past, it is good to celebrate some of the firsts in North America.

In order for a marriage to be legally valid under Canadian law, the parties to the marriage must satisfy both the requirements of the law of the place where the marriage is celebrated (the lex loci celebrationis) with regard to the formal requirements, and the requirements of the law of domicile of the couple with regard to their legal capacity to marry one another.