Justice committee  We didn't include information about our particular concern over the chain of violence because of the time limits.

Justice committee  I think this is where there's a meeting of the minds. We're in agreement on that. We don't agree with cigarettes being sold to minors. We don't agree with cigarettes being sold in high schools. We don't agree with the transport or the ill effects. In our community we have the sam

Justice committee  Well, for the police organization and for the actual man-hours....

Justice committee  I don't understand the question.

Justice committee  The quick answer is no. What we're looking to do is to replace that activity with legitimate activity, which is our own manufacturing. That's why we're talking about setting up our own regulatory regimes, jumping into our manufacturing, and eventually setting up legal trade rou

Justice committee  Let me frame this another way. I don't have a problem with the bill, but the message that's coming across the table here is, if you're going to pass a law like this, we think—in fact it's our position—that you need to take into account some of the activities that are occurring at

Justice committee  In our jurisdiction the manufacturers are licensed.

Justice committee  Within our jurisdiction, certainly.

Justice committee  The Mohawk Council has jurisdiction north of the international line, so we're talking about Ontario and Quebec. If you're asking about the part of Akwesasne that is in the southern portion, it's not at the table. I can't speak for them.

Justice committee  I think there needs to be an opportunity for the judge to exercise some discretion on whether or not a diversion decision is applicable and may be the best decision under the circumstance. The way the law is currently framed, it doesn't allow him the discretion to do that—

Justice committee  Maybe I'm taking too much credit for what happened.

Justice committee  It was just a matter of good police work, our policing work in cooperation, collaboration with other police agencies, partnerships. All of the work that went into developing common missions, common visions, putting together operational plans that were sensible to the SQ, the OPP,

Justice committee  Yes.

Justice committee  Currently the Akwesasne Mohawk Police Service works with the RCMP, or the OPP and Sûreté du Québec, the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe, New York State Police, CBSA, FNOC, which is the first nations organized crime initiative, IBET, the international border enhancement team, the Homelan

Justice committee  I support the idea of regulation. Actually, we're currently involved in the pilot project to do that. To directly answer the question on representation, yes, there is concern of overrepresentation, but the issue here mainly is that this bill could very well be sending people to