Justice committee  None of what I heard is from this.... I thought we were here to talk about the Law Commission.

Justice committee  I'll simply say that I'm a university law professor. That was my career until I joined the commission. I must say that the commission has been a marvellous experience for me, in that we are in a world of specialization where the commission is an open entity. First, it studies var

Justice committee  I'll give three short examples of what we have done, too. Last February we organized a very important and by invitation forum on Crown-Métis relationships. There were a lot of people from Justice Canada and there were a lot of Métis experts, experts from all over. It was held in

Justice committee  Let me give you another example.

Justice committee  I'll make four comments. First, it's said that the commission is not accountable. I think that's an insult to Parliament. Section 6 states, in referring to the commission: We are accountable to Parliament through the Minister of Justice. We have appeared in front of this comm

Justice committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I'll make the first part of my presentation in French, the second part in English, and the conclusion in French. I would like to thank the members of this Committee for inviting me to testify about the abolition of the Law Commission of Canada, a de facto a