Good morning, Messrs. Lapointe and Bouchard.
During the last election campaign, the Conservatives outlined the idea of creating a position of director of public prosecutions. A spokesperson for the Quebec Ministry of Justice said that it was the Attorney General of Quebec, not the federal Attorney General, who usually instituted proceedings in fraud cases. “In fraud cases, it's the Quebec Attorney who institutes proceedings,” the spokesperson said. “A memorandum of understanding with Quebec should be necessary to do that.”
To your knowledge, have negotiations been started? Has something been started between the announcement of the table of Bill C-2 during the election campaign and today?
Second, what elements did the Government of Quebec want to include in it?
Lastly, what powers and prerogatives do you want to protect with relation to Bill C-2?