Comments submitted to the Committee on Institutions as part of the special consultations on Bill 107
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The Quebec CPA Order has submitted to the Committee on Institutions its comments on Bill 107 — An Act to increase the jurisdiction and independence of the Anti-Corruption Commissioner and the Bureau des enquêtes indépendantes and expand the power of the Director of Criminal and Penal Prosecutions to grant certain benefits to cooperating witnesses. While it recognizes the importance of such a Bill, the Order believes that the proposed powers of the Director of Criminal and Penal Prosecutions (DCPP) to unilaterally withdraw a disciplinary complaint lodged against a cooperating witness do not take into account the purpose of the professional system in Quebec, which is the protection of the public (in French only).