When the idea of creating a position of Director of Public Prosecutions was introduced, the present Prime Minister and Peter MacKay, a former Crown prosecutor of Nova Scotia, did not agree on the powers related to that position. Mr. Harper said that the Director of Public Prosecutions could intervene in cases like the sponsorship case. However, we know that proceedings were instituted by the Attorney General of Quebec in that matter.
From a reading of Bill C-2, do you feel it offers the necessary guarantees to preserve Quebec's responsibilities? Do you think it enables the federal government to institute proceedings that are currently the responsibility of Quebec's director of public prosecutions?