Public Safety committee  Good morning, Mr. Chair and members of the committee. Thank you for the kind invitation to appear before you today as you begin a very important study into the effects of operational stress injuries and post-traumatic stress disorder upon public safety officers and first responde

Public Safety committee  I haven't heard, but to give a fair answer to your question, I haven't really canvassed them on the issue. I could, if you were interested.

Public Safety committee  I think, and I couldn't tell you specifically where I read it, that's a reasonable comment to make, except that there are limitations on warrants once they're granted in terms of how long they remain in effect, and judges can put parameters around what they issue the warrant for.

Public Safety committee  That's not what I saw in my reading of the bill. I've had this conversation with other people. The reality is that I don't think the police in this country have the capacity to engage in some of the activities we're being accused of in terms of monitoring. Just to give you an ex

Public Safety committee  No, we don't have the capacity. Even from a policing perspective, I would acknowledge that historically the police have made some mistakes in terms of how we've engaged with people who want to engage in lawful protest in our country. But more recently, our approach is one of coll

Public Safety committee  I would have to cart in, in some cases, in a complex investigation, the pages and pages of documents that go into successfully obtaining a warrant to search, for example. I'll just go back to Bill C-51 in terms of the provisions around extending the period that someone could be

Public Safety committee  Absolutely. Again, that's an area of the legislation that my organization supports, and the caveat is that, in my reading of the legislation, it's all subject to judicial oversight. I think that's the key. I can give you many examples of the great lengths to which police officer

Public Safety committee  I couldn't talk about specific programs. I know generally this is an issue that's been the focus of a lot of attention in the police community. We have pretty robust programs in place now that focus on youth engagement. I know that those programs are now being looked at to inco

Public Safety committee  I think I touched on that in my remarks. Information sharing in this country right now, particularly from a public safety perspective but also more broadly from a community safety perspective, is one of the biggest barriers to delivering on the commitment to keep Canadians safe a

Public Safety committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair and members of the committee, for the invitation to appear before you this evening as you continue your study into Bill C-51. As you mentioned, Mr. Chair, I'm here this evening on behalf of the Canadian Police Association, an organization that represents 60

Public Safety committee  I don't know that I'm qualified to make any kind of comprehensive suggestions. My experience is limited to local Canadian law enforcement, and from our perspective, this is a step in the right direction in terms of the human source handling piece, the ability to gather intelligen

Public Safety committee  Very advisable, and I think I reflected that in my comments.

Public Safety committee  Often it's a higher-level player, particularly when you're dealing with organized crime or some of the activity we've seen more recently in Canada with respect to the recent incidents, one of which I referred to. The focus is always on making the greatest impact with the resource

Public Safety committee  That's very true, and it's a practice that occurs every day in law enforcement.

Public Safety committee  It makes perfect sense to me from a front-line law enforcement perspective, absolutely.