Public Safety committee  You always assume there are more weapons.

Public Safety committee  That's a tough question to answer. I'll tell you why. I'll go to what Dr. Drummond was talking about in regard to the registry. It would take me quite a few minutes to explain this in regard to the saving of a life. Can I point to one incident and say that the registry has save

Public Safety committee  Right. In my own police experience and from my own gut feeling there are certainly many cases, if we were to start digging through all of them, in which it saved people's lives, and more specifically in the areas that Dr. Drummond speaks of in regard to suicides.

Public Safety committee  They are. In each of the 156 associations, the president and the executive are elected.

Public Safety committee  Correct.

Public Safety committee  I agree. It would have to become a provincial responsibility, be administered by the provinces and no longer be in the hands of the federal government. That would be the only way to do it, and I can tell you that we are completely against that idea.

Public Safety committee  Absolutely.

Public Safety committee  In regard to the reference material and statistical information I provided, in 2007 the RCMP Canadian firearms program was the one that instituted a survey of our members across this country, so that is one. A significant portion of the information you are highlighting comes fro

Public Safety committee  There is one association that represents six smaller associations in Saskatchewan.

Public Safety committee  I'll speak specifically to our membership. We have, across Canada, approximately 75,000 police officers. That includes the RCMP, and as you know, Mr. Holland, we represent a very small group of those members of the RCMP. I have been very open and blunt about this particular iss

Public Safety committee  We have 45 seconds.

Public Safety committee  Good afternoon, Mr. Chair. How are you today? Thank you, committee members, for allowing us to speak here today. My name is Charles Momy. I am president of the Canadian Police Association. I would also like to introduce, to my right, Detective Constable Nadine Teeft, a member o

Justice committee  As you know, right now there is certainly law that is provided when an individual decides not to blow. Obviously, there's a presumption that by not blowing.... They are charged accordingly for not providing a sample when that sample is being asked for. So to a certain degree, it'

Justice committee  We would say random roadside breath testing, and you certainly have heard many of us talking about it. The second priority for us would be the hospital testing environment. It's more and more difficult for police officers to obtain warrants, and so on, to get those samples.

Justice committee  I'll try to answer your questions, Mr. Lemay. With regard to the first, concerning the statistics we presented, I'll definitely tell you where we got them. I want to point out that they include all modes of transportation. I'll send you that information. As for the second, from