 In 1987, Witer and Alex Kindy used a procedural mechanism to prevent the quick passage of a bill to establish a permanent war criminal investigative agency in Canada.Many supported such an agency as a means of prosecuting Nazi war criminals in Canada.Witer was quoted as saying, "Canada doesn't need a witch-hunting brigade like the Americans have, because it would only cause anger and panic in East European communities" ("Houston Chronicle", 8 February 1987).