Justice committee  Yes, that's correct.

Justice committee  No, we were not able to do further consultation. In fact, our third point is that we encourage the committee to do broader consultation in that regard. We did not have an opportunity, because of the time frames involved, to consult with the Federation of Canadian Municipalities

Justice committee  I speak for the Canadian Bar Association, national municipal section. As was referenced earlier, the Canadian Bar Association is an umbrella organization covering the entirety of the country. The municipal section itself includes both lawyers who are private practitioners and in

Justice committee  Yes, precisely. There doesn't seem to be a rational explanation. We don't know why those three specific locations were chosen—school grounds, playgrounds and day care centres. It does seem like it would be logical to extend the location to other places that children would frequen

Justice committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Cooper. Just to provide context, there are three different prohibitions relating to communication. First, the prohibition relating to the seller is under subsection 213(1.1). This is the section that we focused on primarily in our submission. That proh

Justice committee  I'll hit the high points. First, we're recommending that there be revisions to add definitions to subsection 213(1.1), the offence respecting communication to provide sexual services by the seller. Second, we recommend that the same prohibition be extended logically to other si