Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Thank you to both groups of witnesses.
In order to enforce the law, the police sometimes or even often have to commit an act that might otherwise be an offence. For example, in order to physically detain or arrest somebody, you've got to do what otherwise would amount to an assault. In order to catch somebody who's fleeing, you might have to speed in a car. All kinds of scenarios can develop.
I put this question to the Canadian Bar Association. Doesn't your group recognize that this new section of the Criminal Code is an attempt to codify that murky grey area? It's a good-faith attempt imposed upon us by the courts to try to codify it in some way and record it. Couldn't you simply recognize that this police methodology has to be there? We're simply looking for a way to record what's going on at the behest of the courts.