Thank you, Mr. Chairman. We're in good hands, then.
I too want to explain a bit of our position to the Canadian public. I think it's quite clear to everybody looking at this bill that it proposes to make two substantive changes to what Canadians have come to expect from our legal system, which are the right not to be forced to give evidence and have that evidence used against the person, and second, the right not to be detained by the state for a period of time that in this case, I'm going to show you, can be at least four days, and then be let go without any arrest or charge.
I'm going to deal with the latter one first.
Mr. Piragoff, I believe you have said several times that a person has to be brought before a provincial court judge within 24 hours, but that, I put to you, sir, is not true. The legislation says that a person must be brought before a provincial court judge in 24 hours or as soon as feasible thereafter, if a provincial court judge is not available.
So my first question is this. It is possible, is it not, sir, that a person might not be brought in front of a provincial court judge for more than 24 hours? That's possible, is it not?