Justice committee  Thank you very much. The Barreau du Québec was invited as part of the convention that the Liberal Party held to discuss Bill C-10. It was the organization that was invited, and it was completely non-partisan, as we had advised. That was not exactly the gist of the question that

Justice committee  Yes.

Justice committee  No.

Justice committee  A speaker, yes.

Justice committee  With your permission, I would like to mention that, in Quebec legislation, increasing use is being made of the expression "entre autres", which we prefer to the word "notamment". When citing a list of elements, one says that something concerns "entre autres" such and such an elem

Justice committee  Thank you very much. I am here with Giuseppe Battista, who is chair of the Barreau du Québec's criminal law committee. That committee consists in equal parts of defence lawyers and crown attorneys, as well as a few university professors. On reading Bill C-26, we note that, to a

Justice committee  There are also grounds to question certain very practical aspects of a citizen's arrest. What would the arrested person do? Where would they be taken? How would we ensure that the constitutional rights of the person under arrest are respected? What would happen in the event of an