Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman.
Ladies and gentlemen, I would like to thank you for being here to answer our questions. We have several of them, because this is a large bill. I am very pleased to see you here, and to hear your answers to our questions.
I tried to go through the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act over the last few days. There is a lot in there.
Bill C-42 contains many amendments to the act. If you could shed some light on a few issues for me, that would be greatly appreciated.
Under the current legislation, the commissioner has the power to hire and fire members. Under Bill C-42, the commissioner would have more power to fire or to sanction a member of the RCMP. I would like to know why this is necessary, since the commissioner already has this kind of power.