Bill C-27 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  In those cases--and I'm always referring to the review of CSC, because it is important also--anything that could be in place that would help us or help Corrections or communities if this person were going to repeat, or if this person went through treatment and is okay now.... Any

Bill C-27 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  No, exactly.

Bill C-27 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  If I get your question clearly, we want to make sure.... I had a discussion with crown attorneys, but it's very hard for me, because I can't give their names and it would be up to them to be here , and I don't want to interpret what they said. But they were supportive of the reve

Bill C-27 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  Unfortunately, that should not be the number. Those individuals who have committed acts of this nature...

Bill C-27 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  The Garden of Eden does not yet exist.

Bill C-27 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  Yes.

Bill C-27 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  But it is enormous.

Bill C-27 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  Mr. Ménard, we will be dealing with that in the context of the review of Correctional Service Canada. We are already working on it. We are compiling a whole dossier on that. What is going on is frightening. There is a direct link. There is a link between that and what is going

Bill C-27 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  First of all, this will clearly change nothing with regard to the friendship that we have—

Bill C-27 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  —even if in our estimation the Bloc is on the wrong trail with regard to this bill.

Bill C-27 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  In the view of the Canadian Police Association, having, as I told you, had discussions with Crown Attorneys working on these types of files, it is very rare to see an individual declared a dangerous offender after having committed just one offence. This is a very rare occurrence,

Bill C-27 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  We do not disagree with the fact that the individual who is designated a dangerous offender or a long-term offender must have committed very serious offences. We agree on that part. However, what we are saying and what the team of attorneys is saying is that we have convinced a

Bill C-27 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  We did not hire constitutional experts, but I did have the opportunity to have discussions with Crown Attorneys. I recently attended parole hearings, among them that of Mr. Forget, an individual who attempted to murder two policemen. I thus had the opportunity to discuss in parti

Bill C-27 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  We support it is as long as it's an addition and not a substitution, because for us the reverse onus has to be if it's for a dangerous offender and for the long term. If it's an addition, we're okay with that. If the reverse onus were for the long term but not for the dangerous

Bill C-27 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. I don't know if this is the last meeting before the break or whether we're going to have more during June and July. We hope you have your break. The Canadian Police Association welcomes the opportunity to appear before the Legislative Committee