Justice committee  Fine. I just want to make sure I know what my marching orders are.

Justice committee  On behalf of the sport I represent, I'd like to thank everybody for their time and attention. I respect the process of what we're trying to do, and hopefully, I will provide you with some information that will help that process. Thank you.

Justice committee  I would be in violent agreement with you. I believe fervently that mixed martial arts should be regulated on a provincial basis. One of the reasons we've worked as closely as we have and have supported the efforts of the British Columbia government in Victoria is to that end. I

Justice committee  In the case of Alberta, it was the only thing there, so we didn't have an option. It wasn't as if I could have gone to an Alberta athletics commission. You would go to Calgary or you would go to Edmonton, and I'm not sure what other municipalities in Alberta have an athletics com

Justice committee  I wouldn't know how to translate a website.

Justice committee  Okay.

Justice committee  In terms of these websites, which obviously I can't translate, how—

Justice committee  I'll answer the question this way. It's not that they don't want to; they haven't addressed it yet, perhaps. I have not necessarily spoken to every single province. The provinces where the sport is regulated in Canada and an oversight by a provincial commission exists are Manitob

Justice committee  I have not heard of any convictions. I don't know about before I joined, but I'm virtually positive there have never been any convictions.

Justice committee  My understanding is that Canada is the only country with a specific section in its Criminal Code that determines or states that this activity is actually illegal. For instance, in the United States, back in 2001 when our organization took over the intellectual property of the U

Justice committee  I am not aware of any, not that I've looked for any.

Justice committee  Thank you, Mr. Wilks. I think I can, although I'd be lying if I said that I read that section of the code, but I believe the circumstances are that, under the code, prizefighting is a summary conviction offence for participants, promoters, organizers, and everybody who's tied to

Justice committee  Hopefully in an environment where it's properly regulated, you would not be able to do that. Obviously I'm not a lawyer; I can't guarantee anything. I also can't compare our sport to other sports because I don't really know the other sports as well. I could maybe compare them to

Justice committee  Absolutely, these are athletes who have already participated in the past. In our case, only athletes who have either been competing for the UFC or have a long professional record of success in other promotions would actually compete with us. But it's not just for us. If there's a

Justice committee  Oh, I'm sorry. I don't know the process. I'd be happy to.