Justice committee  For us, it's the same thing. And we know it won't be tainted with our representatives.

Justice committee  Your comments are exact. You said exactly what we have saying since the debate started on that. It's exactly that. How could it harm the process? How could it be biased? How can they be biased in those committees? I don't see that.

Justice committee  At the beginning of my presentation, I talked about the commitment of police officers to their society and their community. One important aspect of their work has to do with their training. From the outset, they are taught to be honest, upright and impartial. When they arrive at

Justice committee  I don't know whether I should answer a hypothetical question, but I would say that I'm pretty sure you will not come out with that, because you'll think it was a great idea, with the results of the committees. The thing about it is— First of all, on behalf of all the police off

Justice committee  It always comes back to that part. They will do the job like defence lawyers, crown attorneys, or criminalists would do it. If it's about the process of consultation, it's a debate among all of you. If it's in a committee where we come here as witnesses, we think it's a great i

Justice committee  Definitely. More and more police officers have some legal training. In fact, the Honourable Justice Craig said that some police officers had even taken their bar admission and that over the years they had acceded to the highest judicial position. We respect the procedures that h

Justice committee  We've never found that these people were easier on us or gave us the benefit of the doubt. All the police officers who have been on these committees—Ms. Jennings knows something about this—ensure generally speaking that everything is done correctly and if there is the slightest d

Justice committee  We've thought about what would happen if there were to be some changes, but do you know what the answer was to all of that? It was to let's wait and see; after a year, probably you will all agree that it's going very well and it's positive, so this thing will not come back in dis

Justice committee  As I mentioned in my presentation, we might think initially that a lawyer, a criminal lawyer or a defence lawyer might be biased. Why? Because in addition to the fact that they have some affinity with and frequent judges, there is also the fact that they might possibly be tempted

Justice committee  The only time I had a conversation with the former justice minister, he was asking what I thought about that, as his intention was to make some changes to the committee and include a police representative. I was very happy to hear that. Of course I said I would be very supportive

Justice committee  I can't remember. I'm not sure.

Justice committee  No, absolutely not. It wasn't a form of—

Justice committee  You know my characteristic composure.

Justice committee  Absolutely. You want to know if we need legislation. Legislation can be amended over time by governments and as positions change. I don't think it would be appropriate to have legislation. It is not an important or major point for us. The minister is accoutable to the Prime Mi

Justice committee  You referred to a specific mission and then to conflicts of interest, if I am not mistaken. We certainly have a specific mission. I would imagine it is the same specific mission as that of all members of the committee, in other words to find the person who has the most integrit