Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
Through you to the witnesses. Thank you for appearing today, both by video conference and in person.
Having 20 years of police experience, I think I can relate to some of the things you're saying.
With regard to the charter and making statements, under the police act in some provinces, such as the Police Services Act in Ontario, as a condition of your employment you keep a notebook. That notebook is owned by the citizens of Ontario, not the individual officers, and what you put in there is basically a work record. I think it is necessary, therefore, to state that when we're sometimes talking about an officer giving information against himself, 90% of the time it's the information contained within the notebook, or the notes relating to your investigation. That investigation is a matter of work record.
You mention the charter. I always speak as if we're speaking to the people at home who don't understand. In Ontario, of course, it's a little bit of a different situation, so when you say charter rights, are you referring to a police officer who has been charged with a criminal code offence? Is that what you're referring to—that it's against the charter for that officer to give information against himself?