Justice committee  The theft of firearms has had some devastating consequences in my community. In 2003, there was a break and enter at 31 Gilder Drive in Toronto. It was an apartment. A gang broke into that apartment and stole 30 handguns from it. Nine of those handguns were subsequently used in

Justice committee  No, sir. For a parole violation, it really requires intervention of the parole authority. We bring that information to their attention. It sometimes requires us to go back a second time. If we catch somebody in violation of parole conditions, we notify the parole authority, who

Justice committee  I think it could be valuable, yes.

Justice committee  I am very grateful for the opportunity to be here today and the opportunity to answer your questions. I can tell you, on behalf of the members of my service, my communities, my colleagues across the country, that we are grateful for the time all of you are putting into this. It

Justice committee  I would think there is. I've been dealing with such people all of my adult life, and they're not fools. They make choices, real choices, and I think do so provided with the right information about the consequences of their action. We have to create an impression that we really me

Justice committee  Like my colleagues in the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police and the Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police, I believe there is value in the gun registry. It provides important information to the police that enables us to do our jobs a little more safely, and it enables us

Justice committee  Well, certainly there is some frustration expressed by our people, but I can also tell you, sir, in my experience in Toronto, people are working hard. They're doing dangerous work, but they're doing it well. I think there's a pride that comes with doing your job well, and my peop

Justice committee  We have interesting discussions about the sources of guns, and we work hard at all sources. Our investigations in 2003 and 2004 indicated an even split, with half being smuggled across the border and half being stolen from legitimate gun owners here in Ontario and elsewhere in Ca

Justice committee  We have compiled lists. We have 73 identified gangs in the city of Toronto. I believe CISC, Criminal Intelligence Service Canada, provided you with information on street gangs operating in Canada. I believe the names of our gangs were listed on that material. If you don't have

Justice committee  Mr. Lee, let me say, first of all, thank you for your comments, because I believe we have provided an effective policing response. And as I said, I like to give credit to my partners in this. The community partners we've had have been courageous and hard-working and have done a g

Justice committee  Mr. Lee, I believe a rational person would be deterred by two things: first of all, the likelihood of being caught; and when caught, suffering with real consequences for their actions. I think both of those things would deter a rational person. I haven't seen sufficient evidence

Justice committee  I believe there is. A couple of things happen. When very serious violent criminals are arrested and taken out of the community and kept out of the community, I think young people who might be inclined to follow those role models might look for other role models in their communiti

Justice committee  First of all, Mr. Moore, I concur. I think it's important to maintain a perspective here. This is not youths out of control in our communities. The overwhelming majority of young people in our city are decent, law-abiding young people. They just want to live safely and get ahead.

Justice committee  Only partly, sir. I attribute the reduction in violence to a number of things, and I give full credit to our partners in communities, youth workers, the schools, our faith leaders, business leaders, community leaders everywhere, who have really made an effort to create opportunit

Justice committee  Let me talk about the effort a little bit, if I may, sir. First of all, I moved about 200 people back into uniform, into communities. That's where I needed them. They're out there enforcing the laws and helping keep neighbourhoods safe. I'll sustain that. That's me deploying som