Francis Scarpaleggia at the Public Safety and National Security Committee

On November 19th, 2012. See this statement in context.

November 19th, 2012 / 4 p.m.

Liberal

Francis Scarpaleggia Liberal Lac-Saint-Louis, QC

Thank you very much.

Welcome, Minister.

You mentioned that even though investigative hearings and recognizance provisions have not been used, it's not proof, really, that they're not needed. It's the old argument that you may never need the airbag in your car, but you like to know it's there.

You speak about the need for those provisions in rather absolute terms—that we need them even if we don't use them, that we need them going forward.

If we absolutely need them, why would we need to sunset them?

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