Public Safety committee  If I can respond in a general way first, the question you pose is a very good one, because you're right: that is a question that is in the minds of many people, and sometimes they articulate it, and sometimes they do not. Perhaps one model you could follow is to remind people of what happened when our grandparents came to this country.

Public Safety committee  Sir, I would say that the process is intended to allow the proper determination to be made by the judge hearing it. I would submit that what you're hearing from the federation and our colleagues today is that in order to ensure that that ultimate result is handled in the best possible way, protections need to be built in.

Public Safety committee  I was just going to add that the concept you're speaking of is very important. The federation would recommend, with respect, that the concept of adequate resources be built into the act itself and not left only to the regulations. Regulations may provide the detail, but the concept of an adequate system is so fundamental to this working fairly that our respectful submission is that it should be in the act itself.

Public Safety committee  The federation opposes it.

Public Safety committee  Sir, if I may answer, the Federation of Law Societies of Canada does not believe that would provide a solution, for three reasons. One is that, as my colleague has said, if the panel of lawyers is selected carefully, that concern should be minimized. Secondly, there is the history of there never having been a concern under the models that have been in place so far.

Public Safety committee  Sir, from the perspective of the Federation of Law Societies, they are very similar.

Public Safety committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. My name is Michael Milani. I am from Regina, Saskatchewan, and I am here in my capacity as president of the Federation of Law Societies of Canada. With me is Ms. Frederica Wilson, our director of policy and public affairs. As the name denotes, and as my friend Ms.