The ruling was made primarily on the basis of the court's interpretation of subsection 18(2)), but in its ruling the court also stated that section 16.1 is "remedial", meaning that it is supposed to fix historical problems.
此判决主要根据法院对第18条第（2）款的解释，但也指出第16.1条是“补救性”的，也应当用于解决历史问题。