Justice committee  I'll comment on that. On the reverse onus provision for bail, which you brought in last year, most of the time crown prosecutors will not even argue it. They will not even ask for it, as they feel that it's not strong enough. And when they do, the judges never buy the argument anyway.

Justice committee  The reverse onus is not working in B.C. We spend millions of dollars on policing. Are we getting good value? There is 90% disapproval in B.C. around the administration of justice. We feel as if we have been betrayed in British Columbia. We want Parliament to enact the stronger laws and stronger measures that are being proposed now.

Justice committee  My name is Steve Brown. I'm appearing before you today because some gangster murdered my brother-in-law, Ed Schellenberg. Ed was not only my brother-in-law but he was my business partner, and he was also my friend. Ed was murdered on October 19, 2007, execution style, while he knelt in front of the gas fireplace he was repairing.