Thank you for being here this afternoon, gentlemen.
My question is to Mr. Cannavino. In one of your documents, you talk about the various individuals who would be on the Judicial Advisory Committee or JAC. You state that a member designated by the community is responsible for the enforcement of the act. The purpose of our meeting today is to determine whether that is proper, whether there are any conflicts of interest, and so on.
A member designated by the Attorney General of the province or by the Minister of Justice of the territory is also required to enforce the law, because that is his or her role. Is it possible that this individual who is responsible for enforcing the law, who is a judge, could be in a conflict of interest situation? You are involved in enforcing the law as well, but at a different level. Could we think that a member appointed by the bar, perhaps not a criminal law specialist but someone with some interest to defend, would also be in a conflict of interest?
Does a police officer have the skills and expertise required, as a citizen who is also a police officer, to be a member of the committee?