Justice committee  I will try and control myself. I am from the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission.

Justice committee  I work for their legal services department.

Justice committee  But I am still a colleague of the two witnesses here. I think there are two ways of answering your question. First, I cannot give you the answer you are looking for, insofar as we cannot tell you how useful this tool or protective mechanism has been in protecting police officers

Justice committee  I was going to add that Shawn, Erin, and I have been engaged in training undercover police officers and prosecutors across the country. Their reaction to us lets me conclude they find this very important. This is something they need as a tool to get out there and do the type of w

Justice committee  It is a possibility, but there is a sanction. I think that's what we need to advise you of.

Justice committee  Ultimately, if your investigation is successful, you're going to bring charges against the individual. At that point, I suppose, as part of disclosure, the defence could ask, did you make such a report? I understand there's a description of the conduct of the police officer in th

Justice committee  I'll leave to my colleague Erin McKey the discussion of that matter from British Columbia. I just want to complete an earlier response that she made when she referred to section 25 of the code. What they call it is protection of persons acting under authority. I'll just read tha

Justice committee  We began our training of various criminal justice participants, prosecutors and law enforcement, very shortly after the legislation came into force, early in 2002. In June 2002, in fact, we had an opportunity to speak with prosecutors from across the country. We invited them to

Justice committee  I have one last little word. For community groups, which is where I think you were coming from, we could provide our CD to the community group. It's essentially a briefing or an explanation of the whole of Bill C-24, the organized crime bill that was enacted at the end of 2001.

Finance committee  Mr. Chair, no, we don't.

Finance committee  This legislation implements a treaty that we've signed with the Americans, and the treaty itself contains a recognition of the importance and the principle of the sovereignty of states. That is incorporated in the statement of principles found in the bill, under clause 368. To

Finance committee  No, it is not the first time.

Finance committee  I was part of the implementation of various treaties dealing with terrorism. We went to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights. That was with Bill C-36. My colleague Mr. Kennedy was there too.

Finance committee  This is the first time, and it is a real pleasure.

Finance committee  Well, it's always up to the government when to introduce a bill and how to introduce it. In fact this is the third time this particular legislation has come before Parliament. It was before Parliament once in the House of Commons. It was introduced in the House, and it died very