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Justice committee Three to four.
March 10th, 2016Committee meeting
Brian Saunders
Justice committee It varies from year to year.
March 10th, 2016Committee meeting
Brian Saunders
Justice committee Recall that we don't go after people.
March 10th, 2016Committee meeting
Brian Saunders
Justice committee We don't charge people either. Charges are laid by police forces.
March 10th, 2016Committee meeting
Brian Saunders
Justice committee That's a more accurate way of saying it.
March 10th, 2016Committee meeting
Brian Saunders
Justice committee Yes.
March 10th, 2016Committee meeting
Brian Saunders
Justice committee No, the standard is not set by statute.
March 10th, 2016Committee meeting
Brian Saunders
Justice committee All prosecution services have what is called a decision to prosecute standard. It's part of our role as prosecutors. We're supposed to exercise our role independently of the police forces, and review files and decide whether a file is worth proceeding with before the courts.
March 10th, 2016Committee meeting
Brian Saunders
Justice committee In British Columbia you have two standards. You have the substantial likelihood of conviction, but I think in cases where that standard is not met but the public interest is high, they will go down to a reasonable prospect of conviction. Provincial people use a double standard, a
March 10th, 2016Committee meeting
Brian Saunders
Justice committee You mean the 530 prosecutors that we have?
March 10th, 2016Committee meeting
Brian Saunders
Justice committee No, we have 530 prosecutors and they are spread around the country. For example, in the office in Toronto, we have 120 prosecutors there and they would be responsible for conducting prosecutions in Toronto and in southwestern Ontario. In addition to the staff prosecutors, we al
March 10th, 2016Committee meeting
Brian Saunders
Justice committee Yes. We keep track of our caseload. We also keep track of the time. You heard from Mr. Pentney, before me, that lawyers within the Department of Justice keep track of all their time, and we do that as well. All our prosecutors have to record the time they spend on files and the
March 10th, 2016Committee meeting
Brian Saunders
Justice committee As I mentioned, the day we were established in December 2006, we informed the minister's office that from then on, agents would be appointed by our office, because under the statute it says that agents are retained by the director of public prosecutions, so we took that to mean t
March 10th, 2016Committee meeting
Brian Saunders
Justice committee I think it's gone up.
March 10th, 2016Committee meeting
Brian Saunders
Justice committee When we started, I believe it was about $18 million or $19 million, so it's gone up in line with the increases in lawyers' salaries.
March 10th, 2016Committee meeting
Brian Saunders