Thank you.
I have three questions to ask you.
First, I've been told a lot about one of the aspects of organized crime which is perhaps not new, but which we're becoming increasingly aware of. And that is the entire question of numbered companies. In recent days, two reports have been broadcast on the construction industry in Quebec. Some of the print media have even named certain specific sectors of that industry, cranes, for example.
What additional information could you give us on the interaction between organized crime and numbered companies? Could you even table documents before this committee?
Second, on my first reading of the bill—which we are going to support; there's no doubt about that—I reacted in somewhat the same way as Mr. Trudell. I said to myself that a person who committed a homicide for a criminal organization ran the risk of being imprisoned for life. I was trying to see what new aspect the bill added. I concluded from the information provided by the minister that, ultimately, there may be certain situations in which people who commit crimes or homicides for organized crime plead guilty to manslaughter, that is to say murder without premeditation.
Do you agree that the question of first degree murder is really a new feature of this bill? What kind of charges will this enable you to lay? I would like to understand how this provides you with a new tool?
I'll start by asking you two questions and, if the Chair is indulgent with me, I'll ask my third question after that.