Justice committee  Thank you very much for the question. The short answer is that we have an incredible problem both recruiting and retaining talent, and that problem has been particularly acute over the last three years. Historically the federal government was either number one or number two on pay scales, and as a result of that we were able to attract and retain a high quality of talent.

Justice committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair, and I want to thank all the members of the committee for allowing me this opportunity to speak. I represent the Association of Justice Counsel. The AJC is made up of two families, as some of you may know. There are the Department of Justice lawyers, who essentially make up the civil litigators of the federal department, and then you have the Public Prosecution Service lawyers, who make up the federal crowns, and it is really their role that is the context in which I make the following remarks with respect to guns and gangs.