Paul Chiang at the Public Safety and National Security Committee

On October 31st, 2022. See this statement in context.

October 31st, 2022 / 4:20 p.m.

Liberal

Paul Chiang Liberal Markham—Unionville, ON

Thank you, Mr. Chair, and my apologies for not chiming in earlier.

Minister Blair, you have made it clear that you firmly believe in the operational independence of law enforcement in Canada. As a police officer for 39 years and chief of police for those last 10 years, could you elaborate on your perspective surrounding operational independence again? Why is it so important that elected officials can never influence the action of independent non-partisan public servants?

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