Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I'd say simply what Mr. Bhupsingh has mentioned. Because they have such involvement in those types of transactions, I think it's really important they be included within the act as other agencies and organizations are.
We did an audit from July 2013 to June 2017 looking at 51 financial crime cases that were of that higher level I mentioned before that federal policing was looking at, and over 75% involved lawyers as either a direct suspect or someone identified during the investigation, but they were not pursued in terms of a subject of interest.
Lawyers are certainly a significant part of those investigations, whether at a suspect level or certainly engaged in activities that are surrounding it, and wittingly or unwittingly engaged within these types of investigations and files.