Public Safety committee  I can try to play quarterback here. I think the challenge here with ghost guns is that you would see offences recorded, charges laid or prosecutions entered under manufacturing, under illegal trafficking. We can't disaggregate the data that we have currently through Statistics C

Public Safety committee  I'm swimming a bit out of my lane, but I'd say two things, based on general knowledge. Statistics Canada can do special data projects in which they mine the data they receive from the provinces and territories, from the police forces and from the court systems. That's a qualita

Public Safety committee  We can certainly ask Statistics Canada to see what information is available.

Justice committee  Just quickly, not to take your time, it is absolutely the case. If you look at the statement that was released by the ministers from the March 10 meeting, you see there is an acknowledgement that there's an important place for law reform, but there's also a place for non-legislat

Justice committee  Absolutely.

Justice committee  It certainly is not, although I appreciate the compliment.

Justice committee  There are a few things. I think Minister Lametti has been very clear that he's open to any good idea. He said that when he appeared. We have had some discussions with our provincial and territorial partners. Bail review—speaking candidly—has not been prominent in those discussi

Justice committee  As you absolutely know, we support the government in analyzing any private member's legislation that comes forward. Thank you.

Justice committee  I think that certainly was a moment that crystallized, for many people, the urgency of the situation. I think you're aware—as we've discussed previously—that we had been looking at these issues prior to that. However, certainly that was a catalyst for the urgency.

Justice committee  Yes. From what I've reviewed in terms of the guidance that is reflected in the new directive from the Attorney General of British Columbia, it is really to try to reinforce some core principles that exist in the bail system. In terms of the specific point that you raised, sir, a

Justice committee  That's a tough one to answer, but the quote sounded nice. I know we're out of time. I would just say that any law reform in this space, if it provides for a new reverse onus, would very much reinforce Parliament's belief that these offences should be treated in a particular way.

Justice committee  Mr. Dakalbab and I were also in attendance at the ministers' meeting and had the good fortune to see the discussions and the consensus that Minister Mendicino has talked about. If you talk about bail reform in terms of what the provinces and territories can do, I can interpret t

Justice committee  Further to what we committed to with Mr. Garrison—I know we don't have a lot of time—we'll provide you with a list of what we have. We have limited data from seven jurisdictions. As Ms. Moore said earlier, the way it's collected is not consistent across jurisdictions, so we'll

Justice committee  Yes, I think it's a very good comment, Mr. Brock. Let's start with the public concern. When we see stories in the news of the tragic cases that we're all aware of and that motivated your decision to undertake this study, the public is going to be concerned. We understand that.

Justice committee  Yes. In our opening remarks, we tried to speak to that point directly, which is that the Supreme Court cases you talked about and the reforms that were enacted in former Bill C-75 are principles that inform a process. They don't dictate an outcome. The outcome, in terms of detent