Bill C-35 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  I could check and make sure.

Bill C-35 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  It was the question Mr. Comartin asked, and we'll provide you with the right information.

Bill C-35 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  In my mind, they will all be affected by it, for one reason. Actually, the onus isn't on the crown attorney; it's on the police officers to prove that these people are dangerous. For instance, the officer who was shot and killed in Brossard a couple of weeks ago—that is a pure ex

Bill C-35 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  It's going to target—

Bill C-35 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  —all street gangs, for sure. You know the way the street gangs work. They recruit people to do their job, their dirty work. It's going to include them, also. It will be all crimes, all violent crimes, all crimes committed with guns.

Bill C-35 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  Organized crime is one thing. There is also a burden to prove that those people were part of organized crime. When you have a bill like this one, then it's the individual. It's not only if he is part of organized crime. That's why, for us, this part is very important.

Bill C-35 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  Yes.

Bill C-35 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Ménard. I appreciate the compliment. I should buy 6/49 lottery tickets today. If I can get along with defence lawyers, I am sure that I will be able to win the big prize.

Bill C-35 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  All that to say that on important issues like Bill C-35, we have had a number of discussions in our organization, the CPA. The board of directors alone has 30 members from across Canada. We have tried to come up with solutions to present to you as legislators on how best to fight

Bill C-35 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  Mr. Chairman, Daryl Tottenham can give some statistics from British Columbia.

Bill C-35 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  Well, the problem with that is that they don't stay in for enough time—and that's what we were saying. When we talk about mandatory minimums, one of the reasons we insist on those for violent crimes is that criminals will then spend enough time in jail to go into those rehab prog

Bill C-35 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  I think that we're almost members of the committee, we come here so often. We feel like family here.

Bill C-35 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  The thing is that most of the time, if they don't spend enough time there, they can't get into rehabilitation programs, because the first thing you know, they're playing the system. We're talking about “dead time”, that if they spend, let's say, a year, it's counted for double or

Bill C-35 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  Mr. Chairman, members of the committee, good afternoon. I would like to introduce the colleagues who are with me and who are members of the Canadian Police Association's board of directors. They are Yves Francoeur, President of the Fraternité des policiers et policières de Montr

Justice committee  I think that Mr. Brown put it very well, saying that if you go to court, you're going to see judges, you're going to see defence lawyers, crown attorneys, and police officers. If you see a priest there or anybody else, probably they're accused of something. But mainly what you wo