My last question is for Ms. Campbell or Ms. Bernier.
In the Province of Quebec, our understanding has always been and still is that the organization responsible for forensic science should be seen as having more independence if, even under the same ministry, it would in fact be independent.
Conceivably, communist countries could have a DNA bank managed by the police. In a democratic country, within the context of the criminal justice system, we attach as much importance to the appearance of justice being done as to the fact which points to the independence of justice. Another advantage would be that the budget for the data bank is located within the RCMP general budget. Thus, the RCMP would decide, based on its priority, which part of its enormous budget would be allocated to the data bank.
Would you agree that there should be both justice and appearance of justice and that this should fall under the responsibility of an independent organization?