Mr. Trudell, it's interesting. You've appeared over the last number of years a number of times in front of various Senate and justice committees. In doing a bit of research to get to know you a bit better, so that having met you—You've made lots of comments; there are lots of quotes, lots of things I may or may not disagree with.
But having said that, the one that stands out is a comment, and I want to get clarification from you as to whether this is actually a quote from you or not. You're quoted in the North Bay Nugget as saying in London in 2002 that Bill C-24, which at that time was and still is Canada's organized crime bill, “legalizes wrongdoing by the only organized gang in this country, which is the police”.
I'd like you to clarify that comment for me and, hopefully, say that you actually never said it.