Declaration of Emergency committee  I would say perception probably comes into play as well. I'm referring to the public's perception of the credibility of the inquiry process. The inquiry has to be carried out with full independence, and that's usually the quality judges bring to an inquiry.

Declaration of Emergency committee  Funding is traditionally allocated for commissions of inquiry to do their work. Commissions oversee their own budgets. Access to resources that are entirely independent of the government poses challenges. Obviously, the money comes out of public funds. As Mr. Dufresne said, and r

Declaration of Emergency committee  In those cases, the funding—

Declaration of Emergency committee  I think you have a good point. I think it could be in both, as a matter of fact, when you look at it. However, I would focus on the mandate of this committee. To me, there is an element of proportionality that you can look into, looking at the instruments that have been put in pl

Declaration of Emergency committee  I don't think that this is an additional layer necessarily. We have a legislative scheme that has been put in place here, and the creation of a committee by legislation, which is really the prerogative of Parliament. The legislation can have it. In creating that body, Parliamen

Declaration of Emergency committee  Yes, I think you are.

Declaration of Emergency committee  Yes, judges are traditionally chosen to carry out inquiries, as we've seen in the past. Normally, the idea is to look for the element of independence, and no one embodies that more than judges, so that is why they tend to be selected to carry out inquiries. That gives the process

Declaration of Emergency committee  Yes, that seems to be the goal of the legislation. Is that what you're talking about?

Declaration of Emergency committee  That seems to be the purpose.

Declaration of Emergency committee  I totally agree.

Declaration of Emergency committee  The mandate of the committee is narrower than that, as we've mentioned. It is up to this committee to decide how much it wants to have in the report, but, as Philippe mentioned earlier, if it really goes way over the mandate, it's possible for the House or the Senate to intervene

Declaration of Emergency committee  Yes.

Declaration of Emergency committee  The very fact that the government is creating a commission of inquiry proves that it can form bodies to investigate its own actions and ensure that it's done in a highly independent manner. We saw several examples of this not too long ago. As my colleague Mr. Dufresne said, this

Declaration of Emergency committee  Yes.

Declaration of Emergency committee  Not quite. I think there is still a role, as I mentioned in my comments. There is a portion of the function of the mandate in section 62 that is not applicable anymore. You would not be provided with regulations to consider whether they should be repealed. However, to look into