Right. So they could have appointed three police officers under the old system.
Thanks to everyone for coming.
For the press, I think Mr. Russell and Mr. MacCarthy really outlined comprehensively the reasons that this side of the House, the majority of parliamentarians, and many of the press and legal experts in Canada condemn these changes to the system.
To Ms. Bellis, in the justice committee we've had other examples of bills from this government. In the normal process of coming up with bills and policy changes, the department quite often recommends these changes. We had bills that, much to our astonishment, the Department of Justice couldn't even recommend. They didn't come from them; they came from the top down. I assume this is the same, and none of these dramatic changes were recommended by the Department of Justice to the minister.