This meeting will bring together law enforcement agencies, provincial and federal officials, legal practitioners, academics and others to discuss the organized crime problem and ways to deal with it. We will be looking to identify ways to improve our laws and co-operative arrangements for combating organized crime and money laundering. The Forum will build on initial consultations held with police representatives, including the CACP, by Mr. Gray and Mr. Rock, in February. You deserve to take credit for recent positive trends in policing. Consequently, the pursuit of greater efficiencies in policing continues with the pursuit of excellence which you have so ably demonstrated.
Partnership is a hallmark of greater efficiency and effectiveness between police agencies.
Mr. Gray sees you as an important partner in the building a better system of criminal justice in Canada. Indeed, I have been assured by Mr. Gray that he looks forward to the regular exchange of views with your executive. And he gives serious consideration to the resolutions passed at the CACP annual conference. Let's continue to build those partnerships in the future.