 Turning to the general questions in the case, Dickson cited "The Queen v. George" to state that section 88 of the Indian Act protected provincial laws with provincial purposes.In pith and substance, the law must apply to all people and not just a specific people for it to be a "general application" under section 88.It did not even matter if the law, while applying to all, had a more significant impact on Aboriginals than other people; Dickson said that "There are few laws which have a uniform impact."