Mr. Chair, I quickly give notice of the second motion, which reads as follows:
Whereas various important witnesses have indicated to the Committee that there is a significant link between armed offences, street gangs and organized crime;
Whereas parliamentarians have an obligation to legislate on the basis of meaningful and conclusive information;
It is proposed that the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights not begin the clause-by-clause review of Bill C-10 until it has devoted two more meetings to the issue of street gangs, and two more meetings to examine the overall effect on gangsterism of Bills C-95 and C-24, adopted in 1997 and 2001;
It is also proposed, with respect to gangsterism, that the research assistants produce a summary of the case law and provide Committee members with a file comprising the court judgments in full.
We could discuss it at the next committee meeting. I hope to have the support of all committee members.
Mr. Thompson, I'm a friend.