Justice committee  There are a number of national entities that are obviously very useful. In terms of the problem of British Columbia, you're right about the scope of it and the extent to which it has permeated most aspects of individuals' lives, because the money that is made from organized crime

Justice committee  I would just advocate for a single organized crime agency that's run by the province and that cooperates with other organized crime agencies in related regions in the United States and the prairie provinces. We should focus all of our resources and activity in creating that and m

Justice committee  Not exactly like CLEU, better. CLEU had problems, one of which was infiltration. And that continues to be an issue for any organized crime agency. There's also a lot of denial around that, around the corruption dimension, but there is a significant problem with that in almost any

Justice committee  I'd be happy to do that, yes.

Justice committee  I think your original impression is the accurate one. Unfortunately, I don't see any destruction of silos; in fact, I see a burgeoning of them. Let me give you a quick example. There is the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit, which is designated to deal with organized cri

Justice committee  Let's switch to Ontario or Quebec, and there you will see higher levels of integration of services. There's a recognition that the RCMP plays a key role in providing primarily federal levels of policing, and that includes dealing with organized crime on an international basis. Th

Justice committee  It would indeed be a problem. The major problem, of course, is staying on top of the list of organizations. At first blush, it sounds like a very useful way of proceeding. But I think that groups will simply either change their names or drop their names altogether. What you have

Justice committee  Right, and the status quo prevails, and we are rapidly approaching 2012, when the RCMP contract will be renewed, unless we can negotiate an alternative. It's a great question. There are two issues. First of all, we're talking primarily about amalgamating police services in th

Justice committee  Okay. So there were three possibilities. The third was the combination of decriminalizing and regulating the marijuana industry in particular, coupled with an assault on organized crime. In our report these three options were merely stated, without recommendations being offere

Justice committee  Okay. Please don't ask me to repeat it all. I could try Spanish, if that's any good.

Justice committee  I'm happy to do so. Good morning, everybody. Thank you for the invitation. I've just cut my address back by two-thirds, so bear with me. I'll focus on five points. First, in the summer of 2006 I completed a report for the BC Progress Board on crime and criminal justice in Bri

Justice committee  Canadians are the consumers of the goods and services provided by organized crime. A lot of people don't make the connection between the joint they buy or the drugs they buy or the other illegal services they acquire and the supplier. There simply is a disconnect. No one has so f

Justice committee  Yes, if I could, just very briefly, just to endorse the idea of crime reduction strategies. Probably what's required in Canada is an organized crime reduction strategy that follows some of the similar characteristics, where you have high levels of cooperation in components of the

Justice committee  I can't give you specific examples off the top of my head at the moment.

Justice committee  I'm dragging on a little, Mr. Hanger? I'm sorry.