Mr. Speaker, the federal government has received and is considering suggestions made by the Montreal police as well as other police forces with respect to amendments to the Criminal Code to outlaw the membership in criminal organizations.
I want to point out to the hon. member we are considering those suggestions and I am doing so with the Solicitor General's ministry and the RCMP. We are examining the difficult question of how such an organization can be defined and how membership in such an organization could be determined.
In the meantime, I want to emphasize in response to the question that the criminal activities engaged in by these groups are already proscribed by the Criminal Code, including conspiracy to commit such criminal acts.