Bill C-2 (39th Parliament, 2nd Session) committee  I'm sorry, I'm not sure I entirely understand your question. Change things with respect to whom?

Bill C-2 (39th Parliament, 2nd Session) committee  I listened to the discussion of the reverse onus provisions. My understanding is that the Constitution and the charter are living documents. I have great faith in the Supreme Court of Canada to see the issues before us right now and to revisit the law if necessary.

Bill C-2 (39th Parliament, 2nd Session) committee  Probably both. There is the specific deterrent aspect, clearly, but we know that the 21-year-olds killing each other with guns on the streets of our cities know what they're facing when they're found with a loaded gun. They know what the law is, and I'm sure if you practise crimi

Bill C-2 (39th Parliament, 2nd Session) committee  I'll answer that this way. If there aren't people offending and reoffending, why do we need chronic offender units? Why do we need integrated sexual predator units that follow sexual predators who are on warrant expiry or who are under some sort of supervision and are reoffending

Bill C-2 (39th Parliament, 2nd Session) committee  We're here to support these Criminal Code amendments as one part of a larger initiative against violent crime, so clearly, sir, the public is calling for it.

Bill C-2 (39th Parliament, 2nd Session) committee  We support constitutionally valid provisions that allow for the continued incarceration of the most serious of offenders. We support that, and we work with the prosecutor service to try to make that a reality. When the Johnson case came out, we were a bit concerned about the impa

Bill C-2 (39th Parliament, 2nd Session) committee  Neither of us would profess to be experts in this particular area of the criminal law, but I think there's a certain reality. I've heard our colleagues here talk about judicial discretion. We've alluded to what prosecutors may or may not do. This is a theme you're going to hear o

Bill C-2 (39th Parliament, 2nd Session) committee  You're not going to get an argument from a chief of police or deputy chief of police about liking more resources.

Bill C-2 (39th Parliament, 2nd Session) committee  Good afternoon, Mr. Chair, honourable members. Thank you for the opportunity to speak to you today. Many of you will know that the CACP appears before your committee and before the Senate on a wide range of bills. In fact, members of our association have appeared before this com

Information & Ethics committee  Thank you for the opportunity to respond to that. Perhaps I'll try to provide some clarity of our view on that. Our view is that whenever information is of the type that attracts section 8 of the charter protection, the right to privacy protection, or the right to be free from u

Information & Ethics committee  I've been listening to the line of questions and the answers. If you'll permit me, I'll answer that question in a couple of ways. First of all, I will say that the misinterpretation of PIPEDA and perhaps the ambiguity of the act does on occasion hinder us, yes. Specifically, if

Information & Ethics committee  Sure. I'll endeavour to do that when I leave here. The second point is we talked a little bit about, and I think the honourable member over here mentioned, cellphone usage. This technology advancement is a real issue for us. The lawful access issues are a number one priority for

Information & Ethics committee  Thank you. I have a point of clarification on the translation. You referred to a commission. Are you talking about the Arar report?

Information & Ethics committee  I have a few comments. First of all, I don't suggest you intended to imply this, but I don't believe the commissioner found in that inquiry that any information was manufactured by the RCMP.

Information & Ethics committee  In any event, I will say that a number of mechanisms are in place for us to deal with breaches of our policies, breaches of our laws, and breaches of our internal ethics and standards. Yes, there are abuses on occasion, and we take them very seriously as police leaders and police