Mr. Speaker, last week, the Minister of Justice said that the Canadian tradition was to separate the judicial function from the investigative function.
The minister is mistaken because, in Canada, it is the judiciary that authorizes illegal acts such as wiretapping and house searches.
Will the minister explain why she prefers to give the police the power to authorize themselves to commit illegal acts, rather than give this power to a judge, as required by the universally recognized rule of law?