We would have to do some analysis to see how to get there. However, I would like to say at the outset that tribunals generally prefer to have specific offences, because when you have more general offences to address a specific behaviour, tribunal courts in Canada have a tendency to say that the accused did not get the opportunity to know exactly what they were facing. I think that the capacity to charge under other offences would require further analysis by my office. We currently have a specific offence that is incorporated in the code of service discipline, and if it were to disappear, it could signal also to the courts the parliamentary intent in that regard.
On December 11th, 2020. See this statement in context.