Justice committee  Yes, that is true.

Justice committee  Yes, we do have enough.

Justice committee  Yes.

Justice committee  Yes, in every province.

Justice committee  Yes, there are.

Justice committee  The problem is in the matching. Often, it is difficult to match the capacity of the system to the need. Needs appear where there is a lack of capacity.

Justice committee  Yes.

Justice committee  This problem was raised by the Federal/Provincial/Territorial Heads of Prosecutions Committee. The problem does not exist in major centres, no matter what province we are talking about. In Saskatoon, it will not be difficult to find an interpreter, but in Carrot River, Saskatchew

Justice committee  It is just that they simply do not want to travel. When we have a contract on offer, they reject it one after the other. This is entirely provincial jurisdiction. The contracts would have to stipulate that they must travel when required, end of story, just as the judges and atto

Justice committee  I don't believe so. For example, Prince Edward Island does not have bilingual prosecutors so they call on either the Public Prosecution Service of Canada, our Moncton office where all our prosecutors are bilingual, or the New Brunswick prosecution service, a provincial service.

Justice committee  Mr. Chair, I'll briefly summarize what I outlined in May. I may add a few things, based on how the provinces have responded. Again, I'm the chief of the executive secretariat of the Public Prosecution Service of Canada, and the national secretary to the Federal-Provincial-Terri