First of all, Mr. Brown, I want to say that what distinguishes us from the Canadian Bar Association is that the Ligue des droits et libertés does not represent a single group within the community. The Ligue des droits et libertés is a policy- and action-oriented organization whose members have a variety of backgrounds. Unlike the Canadian Bar Association, which is made up of people working in the legal profession, the Ligue des droits et libertés includes legal scholars, social workers, non-legal practitioners, workers, unemployed, and so on.
Historically, lawyers have been members of our organization, but our membership is not made up solely of lawyers. Mr. Jacques Hébert was one of the founding members, as were Mr. Bernard Landry and others. I don't believe either Mr. Landry or Mr. Hébert are lawyers.
The positions taken by the Ligue des droits et libertés reflect the outcome of discussions that have taken place at the board and committee level. In this case, it was the Civil Liberties Oversight Committee. Our positions are adopted by the committee and then by the board of directors. It's as simple as that. Positions are developed following discussion.
One thing is quite striking. Like the Canadian Bar Association, our position is the same as it was in December 2001, I believe, when the legislation received royal assent. We even organized a press conference at the time to publicly announce our opposition and draw attention to what we saw as the dangers associated with these provisions.