Justice Michel Bastarache and fellow-authors wrote of section 18 that it repeats section 133 in necessitating Parliament's statutes being kept in both official languages, and that section 18 "adds that both versions are equally authoritative."
Justice Michel Bastarache and co-authors discussed section 18, stating that it mirrors section 133 in requiring Parliament's statutes to be kept in both official languages, and that section 18 "ensures that both versions are equally authoritative."