Carole Freeman at the Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics Committee

On October 27th, 2009. See this statement in context.

October 27th, 2009 / 9:30 a.m.

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Carole Freeman Bloc Châteauguay—Saint-Constant, QC

On the question of your power, you have the power to prosecute if you have “reason to believe” that there has been an offence, where previously it was if you had “reasonable grounds to believe”.

Could you explain the distinction between the two?

I think senior counsel may be in the best position to answer.

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