Justice committee  I think your comments, like the comments of my colleague here, are fine in theory. He talked about how police are trained from the beginning to be objective and straightforward and right down the middle, and about how they're not going to be affected subjectively by these kinds o

Justice committee  Yes. I just want to say that the police are in court, but they're in court for a different purpose. They're participants in the process, they're part of the trial, and they can be judged as part of the process, unlike all the other people who are in court, who are on this committ

Justice committee  Do you want a response?

Justice committee  Absolutely.

Justice committee  I think that's essentially what I said in my presentation. So I agree with Mr. Trudell.

Justice committee  It was the early 1970s, yes.

Justice committee  I'm not aware of any, but perhaps my colleague Mr. Cannavino might be more familiar with that, in terms of a comprehensive survey.

Justice committee  I didn't understand your first question. Was it whether there should be term—?

Justice committee  A limited term of appointment.

Justice committee  I see, the qualifications for judges.

Justice committee  I see. No, I don't think that legislation would be appropriate. Ultimately this is a decision of the government. All this advisory structure is essentially the government asking for assistance. But by the Constitution, they have the right to appoint judges--the government does.

Justice committee  They start the criminal cases, you're saying?

Justice committee  Well, it goes beyond that. They're involved in the criminal cases. Their conduct is reviewed in the course of a criminal trial, so they're very much partisans in the process. So unlike the lawyer, whose conduct is not judged in the ultimate determination of the case, the conduct

Justice committee  I'm saying there's not very much wrong with judges in Canada. I've been involved in constitutional review in Kenya, for example, where we condemned corruption amongst judges. The chief justice there had a Hummer and a Cadillac and a Mercedes and so on, and when he ultimately resi

Justice committee  In which they've been paid off?