Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I'd like to comment on the current situation in our province.
In the 1990s, Quebec provincial police conducted an extensive investigation into the complaints of the orphans, collecting 22,000 pages of evidence. And only 142 out of 2,000 complaints were accepted. Situations like that make you wonder whether any independence exists, and if so, how independent are police from those with political power. We fell victim to such a situation, Mr. Chair. Police flatly rejected orphans' complaints of physical and sexual abuse. The orphans were even asked to move forward and waive their right to appeal.
The only thing I care about in this bill is assurance that police will have independence in doing their jobs and that those in political office will not be able to interfere in the process.