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Rh I am strengthened in this conclusion by the fact that in several jurisdictions, courts have held that they do possess the power to read words into statutes where appropriate. In Schachter, the leading Canadian case, the Supreme Court of Canada held that a court may read words into a statute in appropriate circumstances and set out principles to guide such decisions. Since then, Canadian courts have read words into statutes on several occasions. Courts in the United States also accept that they have the power to read words into statutes to provide remedies for unconstitutionality. The Israeli Supreme Court and the German Constitutional Rh