One of the great things about living in this country is that we have some of the best police forces on the face of this good earth. I would be the last person to ever want a police force to be tarnished in any way with regard to their ability to exercise their duties, mainly because I was a police officer and I have a son who is one.
I think it is expedient on any level of government to undertake any change or action with regard to the police force under their jurisdiction, in not only addressing a current situation but any situations that may occur in the future. That having been said, there is the Brown report to come out soon and these other investigations.
I see the point where the current set-up has always been in Canada. While you were in government, and in Conservative governments before, the RCMP had the powers they have today with regard to their internal investigations. We've had many, many decades of that. All of a sudden it has become necessary to change that in a few weeks.
My suggestion is that we get the Brown report. I agree that this committee is responsible and that it has to address that. So let's have the reports. Let's wait and see what transpires within the other agencies within a reasonable amount of time, given the exigencies we currently have on this committee, and then let's do an absolutely thorough study, looking not only at police forces in Canada but at police forces around the world and how they deal with these situations.
I do agree that we are vested with that important responsibility, but I also think we're vested with a very important responsibility to make sure we have the best advice and that we do not interfere or not have the information gleaned from these other investigations.