Public Safety committee  This bill is mirrored on the same types of safeguards that exist with respect to persons who are charged. So the same time periods apply.

Public Safety committee  The nature of this provision is that under the current law it applies on arrest. I think I answered earlier that arrest requires that the police have reasonable and probable grounds to believe that an offence will be committed and that a particular individual is the person who wi

Public Safety committee  That's correct.

Public Safety committee  That's correct.

Public Safety committee  May I answer the question?

Public Safety committee  Thank you. Mr. Chair, with respect to the first question, the police officer has to have suspicion. You can't just do anyone.... The bill makes it clear that there have to be reasonable grounds to suspect that the arrest of this particular person is necessary to prevent the car

Public Safety committee  The current criminal law is that the police officer has reasonable grounds to believe that this particular individual is the person who is going to commit the terrorist act.

Public Safety committee  This provision could apply to others who are not going to be the actual bomb throwers but may have been involved in the conspiracy.

Public Safety committee  If they have evidence that there was a conspiracy--

Public Safety committee  That's correct.

Public Safety committee  No. You said that the person is totally innocent without any evidence. The bill says that the police officer has to have reasonable grounds to suspect that the arrest of the person is necessary. That's not just pulling people off the street. You have to have reasonable grounds to

Public Safety committee  The provision mirrors the existing law for arrest.

Public Safety committee  Well, wait. Yes, but—

Public Safety committee  If you can't find a judge because you're up in the Arctic, then there is a provision, yes.

Public Safety committee  It could be 25, it could 30 hours, because a judge is not there—