Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you to all the witnesses for your attendance here this morning.
I'm inclined to support the listing of criminal organizations. Following up on my friend Mr. Murphy's line of questioning a few minutes ago, I guess I don't have a very good appreciation for exactly what the problem is, notwithstanding that I at least theoretically support the listing.
We've heard that it takes days and sometimes weeks for a court to determine the existence of a criminal organization. As I look at the definition of a criminal organization in the code, when you break it apart, it's very simple: three or more individuals acting in concert and one of their objectives is the commission of criminal offence. I'm going to ask the prosecutor from western Canada: what part of that is so troublesome that it takes courts days and sometimes weeks to establish that proof?