My first question is for Mr. Laferrière and then Mr. Hooper and then hopefully Mr. Murie.
With regard to clause 20, I understand your position on removing it completely, but one of the things I wanted to talk about was a Supreme Court decision, Regina v. Beaudry, with which I believe you may be familiar. It said that the Supreme Court of Canada has recognized police discretion as an essential component of our criminal justice system. It said that police have a lawful mandate to preserve public safety, undertake investigations of criminal matters, and assist victims of crime and other members of the public. It said that the police exercise their discretion in many ways with respect to whether to start, stop, or how to pursue an investigation, how to deploy their resources, whether to pursue charges, and how and when to release information to the public. It said that these decisions are made according to a myriad of considerations, including identifying risk to the public safety, availability of information and resources, and severity of the situation.
I wonder whether you could speak to how that affects this and if you could marry it to clause 22, which seems to have a caveat pointing back to clause 20. It seems to me that clause 22 has a caveat protection with respect to clause 20.
While you're reading that, I'll quickly go to—