Mr. Speaker, I recommend that the hon. member read the Director of Public Prosecutions Act. If he did, he would know that he and every single member of the House has the responsibility to vote on removing a Director of Public Prosecutions. The government cannot fire him by itself. That is the responsibility of Parliament. In fact, his very appointment has to be approved by a committee that has members from each political party, two senior public servants, and a member of the law society, and then his appointment is approved by an all-party committee at Parliament.
\nThat is accountability and it is also independence.
", "fr": "Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, je recommande au d\u00e9put\u00e9 de lire la Loi sur le directeur des poursuites p\u00e9nales. S'il l'avait lue, il saurait que tous les d\u00e9put\u00e9s, lui y compris, doivent voter pour r\u00e9voquer un directeur des poursuites p\u00e9nales. Le gouvernement ne peut le cong\u00e9dier de son propre chef. Il incombe au Parlement de le faire. La nomination du directeur des poursuites p\u00e9nales doit \u00eatre approuv\u00e9e par un comit\u00e9 compos\u00e9 de d\u00e9put\u00e9s de chaque parti politique, de deux hauts fonctionnaires et d'un membre du Barreau, puis \u00eatre approuv\u00e9e par un comit\u00e9 parlementaire compos\u00e9 de tous les partis.
\nLa reddition de comptes et l'ind\u00e9pendance sont ainsi assur\u00e9es.
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