Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Ladies and gentlemen, honourable members of the committee, allow me to introduce myself: my name is Pierre-Paul Pichette and I am the assistant-director, chief of corporate services for the Montreal Urban Community Police. With me today is my colleague, Mr. Clayton Pecknold, who is the deputy chief for the Saanich police service in British Columbia. We are appearing before you today as representatives for the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police, since we are the two co-chairs of the Law Amendments Committee for the organization. I would also like to take this opportunity to greet you on behalf of our president, Mr. Steven Chabot, deputy director general of the Sûreté du Québec.
The Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police represents the administrative arm of Canada's police forces. Ninety per cent of its members are directors, deputy directors or other senior managers from various Canadian police forces at the municipal, provincial and federal levels. The mandate of our mission is to effectively enforce provincial and federal laws and regulations to protect the Canadian public. We are therefore regularly called upon to give our position on legislative reform, and we always take part with enthusiasm in consultations with governments on the reform of the Criminal Code, much as we are doing today.
I will now ask my colleague Mr. Pecknold to comment on Bill C-2. Mr. Pecknold will speak in English, and I will then conclude in French.