I would like to thank the witnesses very much for coming here today to appear before us.
Mr. Commissioner, I don’t know if you were connected to the meeting earlier, but representatives from the Barreau du Québec came to express their disagreement regarding the use of “reasonable grounds to suspect” rather than “reasonable grounds to believe”—the higher threshold—when issuing an order.
According to the president of the Quebec bar, including “reasonable grounds to suspect” in the bill does not respect the spirit of the Supreme Court’s decision. However, the Department of Justice and its minister claim the opposite.
Can you explain to me what difference it makes for investigators to use “reasonable grounds to suspect” rather than “reasonable grounds to believe” when issuing an order?