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In the words of Chief Justice Anglin: In considering this matter we are, of course, in no wise concerned with the desirability or the undesirability of the presence of women in the Senate, nor with any political aspect of the question submitted. [...] Lord Sankey also commented: Their Lordships do not conceive it to be the duty of this Board it is certainly not their desire - to cut down the provisions of the 4 The subtitle of Black's is: "Definitions of the Terms and Phrases of American and English Jurisprudence, Ancient and Modern" 5 Refererice as to the Meaning of the Word "Persons" in Section 24 of the British North America Act I 1867, [192. [...] According to Maxwell: "The object of all interpretation is to discover the intention of Parliament, 'but the intention of Parliament must be deduced froa the language used'".19 Not all followers of the "read the text/apply the rules/find the meaning" style are as religious in subsribing to the rules of interpretation as is Maxwell's. [...] Again, however, the purpose of this rigourous analysis of the text is "to ascertain the intention of Parliamentlt.23 The second feature of this style of interpretation is a basic belief in the meaning of words. [...] The search for legislative intent continues to be the touchstone of the Itread the text/apply the rules/find the meaningtl style.