Thank you, Mr. Chair and honourable members.
The Canadian Bar Association welcomes the opportunity to present our comments to you today on Bill C-10.
The CBA is a national organization that represents 37,000 jurists across Canada, and among our objectives is improvement in the law and fair justice systems in Canada.
The submission before you today was prepared by the national criminal justice section of the CBA. It's interesting to note that the members of that section comprise both defence and crown counsel and university professors who teach criminal law. In that sense it brings a balance of multiple perspectives to the review of the law.
I'm going to ask Mr. Weinstein to give the comments on the particular aspects of Bill C-10.