Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
I am Assistant Director of the Montreal Police Service. With me today is Mr. Clayton Pecknold, Deputy Constable of the Saanich Police Service, in British Columbia.
We are appearing before you today as representatives of the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police. We are both Vice-Chairs of the CACP's Legislative Amendments Committee.
I also want to take this opportunity to convey greetings from our President, Mr. Jack Ewatski, who is the Chief of Police for the City of Winnipeg.
The Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police represents the leadership of Canada's law enforcement agencies. Ninety per cent of its members are directors, assistant directors or other senior officers with a variety of municipal, provincial or federal police forces in Canada.
Our Association's mission is to promote effective enforcement of Canadian and provincial laws and regulations for the purpose of protecting the safety of all Canadians. Thus we are regularly called upon to take a position on legislative reforms. We are always enthusiastic participants, along with government officials, in consultations concerning criminal law reform, just as we are doing today before this Committee.
I will now turn it over to my colleague, Mr. Pecknold, to present our views on Bill C-9. He will be making his comments in English. Following that, I will have some closing remarks.