Using the Air India inquiry as a backdrop, Royal Canadian Mounted Police Deputy Commissioner Gary Bass made public statements supporting the bill, commenting that the renewed provisions would assist those who might otherw
ise be reluctant to testify by allowing witnesses to state that they no longer have any choice but to testify truthfully (13) However, in the same context, Yvon Dandurand, a criminologist at the University of the Fraser Valley in British Co
lumbia, argued that compelled witnesses would still be exposed to potential ret
...[+++]aliation from those who expected them to lie if compelled to testify.
À la lumière de l’enquête sur le vol d’Air India, Gary Bass, sous-commissaire de la Gendarmerie royale du Canada, s’était déclaré publiquement en faveur du projet de loi. Il avait indiqué que les nouvelles dispositions encourageraient à témoigner les personnes qui hésitent à le faire, et ce, parce qu’elles ne pourront pas faire autrement que de témoigner de façon véridique(13).