Bill No. 1, Police Identity Management Act - 3rd Reading

CLAUDIA CHENDER « » : I'm pleased to stand and speak very briefly on this bill. I think this is common sense legislation. It's legislation that in retrospect we realize should have always been in place. It's necessary, it's reasonable to protect public safety, and we absolutely support it. It's absolutely only the first step in starting to grapple with the events of a year ago that really have cast a pall over this session and over our lives as we deal with COVID-19 as well.

I do look forward to being able to reconcile with some of what happened through the work of the Mass Casualty Commission and other processes that are ongoing, to really ensure that we find the roots of what happened and ensure it never happens again and do justice for those families. To this bill, it makes sense. We're glad to see it come forward and we're happy to support it.