moved for leave to introduce Bill C-206, an act to provide for the relocation and protection of witnesses.
Mr. Speaker, thousands upon thousands of people have signed petitions asking this House to set up a witness protection program that has been mandated and is the responsibility of this House through the minister in charge. That currently is not the practice.
There are ad hoc witness protection plans across the country run by various police forces, including the RCMP. This bill proposes to formalize the arrangement and have it administered by the federal government.
I urge the Solicitor General and the Minister of Justice to proceed with the witness relocation plan immediately.
(Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed.)