Justice committee  The important mechanisms are there. This bill deals mostly with the penalties, I would assume. We would like to be able to enforce the laws where officers would have a reasonable hope of seeing them carried through with a good prosecution, a good chance of a conviction, and a go

Justice committee  Very quickly, I would like to see continued attention paid to the problem, particularly in regard to intergovernmental and interdepartmental consultations, including first nations people, to try to come to a conclusion and arrest this organized crime problem. Let's face it, there

Justice committee  I agree with you. In my time in policing I was always frustrated at the number of investigations that maybe weren't eliminated, but were compromised and hampered by the fact that people didn't consult with one another. The RCMP did their thing, Toronto did their thing, the OPP di

Justice committee  For instance, if you don't want so much enforcement on your property, come to the table with us and see what we can talk about, if we can come up with some sort of solution together.

Justice committee  Yes.

Justice committee  Thank you, sir. The fact that organized crime has become so intrinsically involved with this really raises red flags in the policing community and should raise red flags everywhere. By and large, I think it's because they saw that it's a huge profit-maker and, at the time, that

Justice committee  I can answer that first. First of all, there would certainly be a specific deterrent to the actual people who have been arrested, charged, and hopefully convicted and receiving sanctions. Since there are 175 gangs involved, I would suspect that a lot of those gangs are quite sm

Justice committee  Exactly. I think the task force would be a most welcome thing, not only because they're boots on the street, but because they can also provide mentoring, if you will, to the other organizations of provincial police forces and municipal police forces. They will now be able to get

Justice committee  The coalition is funded by its members of which there are 16. It's on the public record and on file with the Ontario lobbyists registry. Our list of members is available on our website.

Justice committee  There are 16 members.

Justice committee  I do not have enough knowledge to make a comment on electronic cigarettes—a few newspaper articles, a few website articles. I don't have a position on it. It's certainly something that should be studied. I think there will have to be a position on it eventually if it becomes more

Justice committee  No, I do not. I'm not involved in the—

Justice committee  I'm not involved. I'd have to talk to the coalition because I'm a paid spokesperson—

Justice committee  I don't know.

Justice committee  I would just add that the funding is on the public record and on file with the Ontario lobbyists registry.