Justice committee  Absolutely, because without it we're in pandemonium.

Justice committee  Yes, we do also. I have just one comment, which is that we find that they're very good organizations to work with because they're close to the people they work with. As a result, there's trust in those organizations from the people they work with, so it's very important for us to

Justice committee  Yes, there is definitively an increase in firearms in the city of Saskatoon. The weapons of choice are still baseball bats and knives, there's no doubt about that, but we're seeing a lot more weapons coming in--sawed-off shotguns, sawed-off 22s, and a lot of handguns. A lot of

Justice committee  I think along the lines we have now; we have good laws that restrict the weapons. It's a matter of the enforcement onus. It's to try to keep them off the street. They're easy to get, because they come across borders easily. I don't know if we need more legislation or not. I can

Justice committee  I'd like to comment on the serious repeat offenders. That is a problem, I think, for all the policing agencies. I think it's a problem for the courts as well, because we do have some youth or young adults, unfortunately, who do need an intervention, because they just will not sto

Justice committee  You just wanted the youngest guy to go first.

Justice committee  I would agree that we need some legislative change. I'm certainly not a guy who is soft on crime, but when you talk about the Youth Criminal Justice Act, I find that one of its pitfalls is that.... You know, it allows the police to use other methods rather than putting people i

Justice committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. My name is Clive Weighill. I'm the chief of police for the city of Saskatoon. For those of you not familiar with Saskatoon, it's the largest city in the province of Saskatchewan, with a police service of over 600 sworn and civilian staff. I'm ve